Tsawwassen Beach
| 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 |
| Pronounced: | sa WOSS-en |
| Relative Location: | W shore of Point Roberts (peninsula) between BC-Washington boundary and causeway, in Delta (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'15"N, 123°05'20"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tsawwassen Beach (settlement) adopted 11 February 1936 on 92G/3 as a well-established name. Form of name adjusted to Tsawwassen Beach (community) in January 1974. See Tsawwassen (community) for interpretive information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |