Jesmond
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On Jesmond Creek, W. of Little White Lake, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°14'59"N, 121°57'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Jesmond (Post Office) adopted 3 March 1955 on 92P as identified in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Jesmond (locality) 29 November 1984 on Ottawa file 203-2, as identified in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Jesmond Post Office was opened 1 March 1918, as named by the postmaster after his father's birthplace - the postmaster's father, P. Coldwell, was born at Jesmond, a suburb of Newcastle on Tyne. Jesmond Post Office was closed 31 March 1960. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |