| 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: | NW of Missezula Lake, SE of Merritt, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°55'59"N, 120°37'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Aspen Grove (Post Office) adopted 6 October 1936 at 49º53' - 120º38', as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Application altered 14 August 1952 to reflect new location of Post Office on L1855. Identified as Aspen Grove (Settlement) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Aspen Grove (locality) 31 May 1982. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Aspen Grove Post Office opened 1 September 1900, E.M. Dodds, postmaster. Photograph of Aspen Grove PO in 1913 BC Mines Report, opp. p216. Post Office closed February 3, 1961. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named on account of the number of cottonwood trees - also known as wild aspen - in the vicinity." (letter from W.A. Dodds, postmaster, 1905) [note: the name of the tree, Aspen, is derived from the french "asperare", to breath, a reference to the leaves that quiver with the slighest breath of air.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |