| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Burnaby, S of Berry Point, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°16'59"N, 122°59'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
| Related Maps: |
92G 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Capitol Hill (Post Office) adopted 3 May 1951 on 92G, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Form of name changed to Capitol Hill (Settlement) 15 September 1966; subsequently changed to Capitol Hill (Community). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Capitol Hill Post Office opened 1 July 1912; changed to a sub-office of Vancouver Post Office 1 January 1925. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name given c1908 by real estate developers G.A. Barrett & Co, to their subdivision here. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |