| Language of origin | English language |
| 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 of Shaughnessy in City of Vancouver, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°15'39"N, 123°08'00"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 19 July 1979, as recommended by City of Vancouver. This district of Vancouver wasnamed by L.A. Hamilton, the C.P.R. land commissioner. A newspaper advertisement announced in1891 that "the clearing of the Land being nearly completed in that new and beautifully situated part of the Vancouver Townside known as Fairview," the C.P.R. was now offering lots for sale. From; Akrigg, G.P.V. and Helen B., 1001 British Columbia Place Names, Discovery Press, Vancouver, 3rd Edition, 1973, page 61. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named by Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton (1852-1941), CPR land commissioner in the 1880s. An advertisement of J.M. Browning, commissioner of CPR's Vancouver Townsite, in the Daily News Advertiser, 1 July 1891, states: "The clearing of the Land being nearly completed in that new and beautifully situated part of the Vancouver Townsite known as Fairview, the Canadian Pacific Railway are now offering for sale on exceptionally favourable terms a limited number of lots...". Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |