Lund
| 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: | W side of Malaspina Peninsula, NW of Powell River (city), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°58'54"N, 124°45'33"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Lund (Post Office & Settlement) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Lund (Settlement) 27 April 1945 on C.3591, then to Lund (Post Office & Steamer Landing) 2 November 1950 on 92 F, then to Lund (Community) 31 January 1983 on 92F/15. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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When brothers Frederick and Charles Thulin settled here in December 1889, they named their home after Lund, the city in Sweden from which they had come. For lack of other transportation they sometimes had to row to Vancouver and back. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |