Powell River
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Strait of Georgia, NW of Jervis Inlet, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°50'07"N, 124°31'27"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Powell River (Town) adopted 31 December 1945 on C.3591. Incorporated as a District Municipality 15 October 1955, called The Corporation of the District of Powell River, and including the former villages of Cranberry Lake and Westview. Re-incorporated as a City Municipality per Order in Council #724, 5 October 2005, effective 15 October 2005. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Dr. Israel Wood Powell, who, among other things, donated the site of Vancouver's first city hall. See Powell River (river). Also see the Powell River municipal website. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |