| 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: | W. of junction of Fraser and Stave Rivers, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'59"N, 122°28'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/1 |
| Related Maps: |
92G 92G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mis-spelled "Whommock" in George H. Melvin's "The Post Offices of British Columbia 1858-1970." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name comes from honnock (humpback salmon), the only kind of salmon ascending Whonnock Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the Halkomelem word meaning 'place where there are (always) humpback salmon.' Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |
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An angelized spelling of the Downriver Hakomelem placename phonetically rendered by linguist Brent D. Galloway as xwhoneqw : “place where there are (always) humpback salmon.” The official use of the spelling with double “n” started in 1885 with the naming of a local post office “…after the Indian village in the vicinity.” Source: Braches, Fred; "Whonnock’s Post Office"; Whonnock Notes No.12, 2005. |