Bridal Falls
| 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: | S of Popkum, E of Chilliwack, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'59"N, 121°44'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bridal Falls (Post Office) adopted 2 June 1950 on 92 H/4. Identified as Settlement in 1966 Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Bridal Falls (Locality) 15 April 1982; changed to Bridal Falls (Community) 15 July 1983 on 92H/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bridal Falls Post Office was opened 1 November 1937. The community had originally requested that their post office be named "Bridal Veil Falls" however there was already a Post Office with that name elsewhere in Canada, so the post office was named "Bridal Falls" Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |