| 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: | SW of Parksville, Nanoose Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'19"N, 124°22'10"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/8 |
| Related Maps: |
92F 92F/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Errington (Post Office) adopted 2 November 1950 on 92 F, as labelled on E&N Railway map, 1918, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Errington (community) 31 December 1982 on 92 F/8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Errington Post Office was opened 1 March 1891, Duncan McMillan postmaster. According to advice received in 1958 from Duncan McMillan's son, his father had named the place from a line in Sir Walter Scott's poem, Jock of Hazeldean: "Young Frank is chief of Errington and Lord of Langley-dale....". The Errington referred to is a town in northern England. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |