| Language of origin | Salishan language family Halqʼeméylem language |
| Feature Type: | City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side Fraser River, between Coquitlam and Pitt Rivers, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°15'42"N, 122°46'48"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
| Related Maps: |
92G/2 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Incorporated as a City municipality 7 March 1913; Port Coquitlam (City) confirmed in the 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1922, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Re-confirmed 11 February 1936 on 92G/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Coquitlam Post Office was opened 1 March 1881; renamed Port Coquitlam Post Office 1 July 1913. The railway station here was labelled "Westminster Junction" on Dominion Sectional sheet #10, Port Moody, 1913. See also the municipality's own website. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name Coquitlam is that of a Salish tribe in the [area] speaking the Cowichan dialect. Source: 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1922, Ottawa) |
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The name Coquitlam is of Indian origin and signifies a "small red salmon". Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |