| 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: | Between Comox and Campbell River, E side of Vancouver Island, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'21"N, 124°59'45"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/10 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Incorporated as a City municipality 1 January 1915; confirmed 10 July 1923 on Ottawa file OBF 0784. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Townsite laid out in 1891, named in association with the adjacent Courtenay River. Courtenay Post Office was opened 1 July 1893. See also the municipality's own website. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Captain (later Rear Admiral) George William Conway Courtenay, HMS Constance, 50 guns; on this station 1846-49.... Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |