| 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 side of Burrard Inlet in West Vancouver, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°19'39"N, 123°09'06"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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Ambleside (settlement) adopted 21 November 1961 on 92G/6E as identified in steamer timetables until mid-1956. Form of name changed to Ambleside (community) in 1984. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Previously recorded as Ambleside (Steamer Landing) - this was the West Vancouver Ferry Terminus. Ferry no longer running according December 1956 information from Department of Highways. Omitted from 92G/6 editions 3 & 4 (1974 & 1981); incorrectly positioned and labelled as a transportation facility on 92G/6 edition 5, 1989. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Mr. Morris Williams, a tailor, who arrived here 1912 and resided in this part of West Vancouver; Williams formerly lived in the English Lake District, and Ambleside was a town at the head of Lake Windermere, Westmoreland. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |