| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | N side of Gillatt Arm, Cumshewa Inlet, NE side Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°03'03"N, 131°57'41"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Aero (Post Office) adopted 7 October 1948 on 103SE. Form of name changed to Aero (Steamer Landing) 5 April 1962, then to Aero (Landing) 9 May 1966, then to Aero (Locality) 29 November 1984. Rescinded 16 December 1988 on 103 G/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Aero Post Office opened 23 October 1948 on L 44, TL 1717P; closed 15 January 1958. Identified as a passenger stop in USS timetables 1954, 1955, 1957; listed as "Aero Camp" in Northland Navigation Company's timetables 1959 to 1964. By 1965 the logging operation had ceased, the buildings were empty and only a watchman remained on site; the wharf had fallen into disrepair, although fishing boats still tied up to it. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |