Coquitlam
| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On CPR, W of Pitt River, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°15'59"N, 122°47'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Coquitlam (Post Office and Station) adopted 11 December 1939 on 92SE; not Westminster Junction (Station) as labelled on BC map 2B. (post office subsequently changed to Port Coquitlam Post Office). Coquitlam (Station) changed December 1966 to Coquitlam (railway point) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |