| 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 side of Howe Sound, S of Squamish, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°39'59"N, 123°15'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Woodfibre (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92 SE. Form of name changed to Woodfibre (Post Office & Settlement) 28 July 1945 on C.3579; changed to Woodfibre (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer; changed to Woodfibre (Landing) 29 October 1982 on 92 G/11; changed to Woodfibre (Locality) 13 May 1983 on 92G/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Previously known as Britannia West, and so-labelled on Geological Survey sheet 997, 1908, and in 1918 Field Book 105/18, ph 37. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Sir George Bury, president of Whalen Pulp and Paper Company, when the company's mill was built here in 1920. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |