Brechin
| Feature Type: | Former Post Office - Post Office now closed or renamed. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | In Nanaimo, facing Newcastle Island, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'59"N, 123°57'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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This was the location of the Brechin Mine, as identified on BC map 2A, 1913, and on Geological Survey sheet 33A, Nanaimo, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Brechin Post Office was opened here 1 April 1905; closed 31 August 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |