Alta Lake
| Feature Type: | Former Post Office - Post Office now closed or renamed. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | N side of Whistler Resport Municipality at S end of Green Lake, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'29"N, 122°57'24"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Alta Lake (Post Office) adopted 6 September 1951 on 92J, located on the northwest side of Alta Lake at 50 07 15 - 122 59 00; application altered 22 June 1967 on 92 J. Name rescinded 14 May 1982 on 92 J/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Alta Lake Post Office was opened 1 February 1915, located at L2110; closed 2 November 1964. Re-opened 1 February 1966 on L1757. Renamed Whistler Post Office 1 April 1976. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |