| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | McGillivray Falls |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Anderson Lake, between Lillooet and Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'59"N, 122°26'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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McGillivray Falls (Post Office & Station) adopted 6 September 1951. Form of name changed to McGillivray (Station) 22 June 1967; form of name changed to McGillivray (Community) 19 September 1978; form of name changed to McGillivray (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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"McGillivray" identified as a station in 1928 PGE timetable, named in association with Mount McGillivray. McGillivray Falls Post Office opened 1 June 1929. PGE agreed in 1951 to change their station name to McGillivray Falls, to match post office name. Station not listed in timetables April 1958 onward. Post office closed 3 May 1961. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |