Roy
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Loughborough Inlet, S of Statham Point, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°30'59"N, 125°32'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Roy (settlement) adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW as a long-established local name, and as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 et seq, and identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Roy (locality) 29 November 1984 (Ottawa file 203-2). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Roy Post Office opened 1 May 1896, named after Mr. Roy, early settler. Post Office closed 22 February 1943. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |