| 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: | N side Peace River, between Fort St. John and Taylor, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°11'59"N, 120°41'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94A/2 |
| Related Maps: |
94A 94A/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Baldonnel (Post Office) adopted 22 October 1945 as listed in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Baldonnel (Post Office & Station) 1 December 1960 on 94 SE. Further changed to Baldonnel (Community) 15 December 1982 on 94 A/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Baldonnel Post Office opened 15 March 1929, located at Parcel A, SW 1/4 Sec 30, Tp 83, R 17 W6M. Relocated January 1953 to NE 1/4 Sec 24, Tp 83, R 18, W6M, and moved again November 1962. Railway station established here, at Mile 256.0 north of Prince George (5 February 1958 letter from BCR, file 01296 Transportation) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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J. Abbot, a local Justice of the Peace who began homesteading here in 1923, is said to have named this settlement after his home in Ireland. The gazetteers show no Baldonnels but several Ballydonnels in Ireland. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |