| Feature Type: | Post Office - A Canada Post designation; the post office name may or may not be the same as the name of the place where it is located. |
| Status: |
Official
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| Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: |
At Shearwater (locality), N side of Denny Island, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
52°08'49"N, 128°05'34"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
103A/1 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Bella Bella Post Office was opened on the northwest side of Denny Island 1 September 1884, and closed in this location 14 April 1920. Bella Bella Post Office was re-opened 1 September 1920, located across Lama Passage on the east side of Campbell Island at the settlement of New Bella Bella. Bella Bella Post Office moved back to the northwest side of Denny Island (possibly at the same time that Campbell Island Post Office was opened on L1105, 1 October 1936?). Bella Bella Post Office continued to operate for many years out of the BC Packers building, Lot 181, at the northwest side of Denny Island, according to March 1970 advice from postmaster. By 1988 the Bella Bella Post Office had been relocated from Lot 181 eastward about 1 mile to the settlement at Shearwater.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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