Crescent
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Crescent BeachOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Boundary Bay just NW of White Rock (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'05"N, 122°53'00"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Crescent (Post Office & Station) adopted 11 February 1936, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Name changed to Crescent Beach (Post Office & Station) 23 December 1951 on 92G/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |