Pavilion
| 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: | On Pavilion I.R. 3, E side of Fraser River on N side of Pavilion Creek, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°52'59"N, 121°50'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 February 1984, as confirmed by Department of Indian Affairs; approved earlier by BC. See Pavilion Range for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Name of Indian village is Skwailuk, meaning hoar-frost." (George Dawson, "Report on the area of the Kamloops mapsheet", Geological Survey of Canada Annual Report 1894, p.144, and so-labelled on GSC map 557, 1895). Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |