| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | On Canim-Hendrix Lake Road, NE of 100 Mile House, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°46'00"N, 121°05'54"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Forest Grove (Post Office) adopted 3 March 1955 on 92P, as labelled on BC Lands' map 3G, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 & 1953 BC Gazetteers. Form of name changed to Forest Grove (community) 31 December 1982 on 92P/14. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Forest Grove Post Office was opened 1 August 1917, having been named by Mrs. Ida Quackenbush. [the originator of the name is identified in "Place Names of the Cariboo" an April 1943 thesis written by Helen Manning (later Helen Akrigg) in partial fulfillment for a Bachelor of Arts degree in History at UBC.] Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Not named after the town in Oregon, but after a grove here. The name was suggested by a sister of E. C. Phillips, the local storekeeper, at a public meeting held to choose a name for the Post Office. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |