| 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: | SE side ḵalpilin (harbour), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°36'59"N, 124°01'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/9 |
| Related Maps: |
92F 92F/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 March 1950 as a settlement and post office on Chart #3589. Status changed to post office 2 November 1950 on 92F. Status changed 31 December 1953 to settlement in 1953 Gazetteer of Canada. Status changed 31 December 1963 to post office in the 1963 Gazetteer of Canada. Status changed 31 January 1982 to community on Map 92F/9. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named by Joe Gonzales, an early settler from Madeira Islands, Portugal. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named by Joseph Gonsalos, a native of Madeira Islands, who settled here in the early 1900s. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |