Centreville
| Feature Type: | Abandoned Locality - A previously populated place with no current population. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW of junction of McDame Creek and Dease River, just W of Good Hope Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°16'19"N, 129°24'15"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104P/6 |
| Related Maps: |
104P 104P/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Centreville (Settlement) adopted 1 June 1937 on Geological Survey sheet 381A, Eagle-McDame, as labelled on Jorgensen's 1895 map of BC, and on BC Lands map 1H, 1917. Confirmed 21 December 1944 on 104/NE and 6 June 1950 on 104P. Form of name changed to Centreville (Abandoned Locality) at an unspecified later date, as labelled on all editions of 104P. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |