| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE side of Fraser River at Redmountain Creek, E of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°50'59"N, 121°17'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Penny (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916. Confirmed 4 September 1958 on 93H/14. Form of name changed to Penny (Locality) 28 February 1983 on 93H/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's station, called Penny, opened here in 1914; Penny Post Office opened 1 February 1916, situated on NE 1/4 Lot 5500, Nels Pederson postmaster; subsequently relocated to SW 1/4 Lot 5496 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Station burned in 1947 and was replaced by a station originally built in Lindup in 1914 and moved to Penny; station building moved to Prince George Railway Museum in 1988. Meaning/significance not known ("Postscript '90: 75 Years of Postal History in the Fraser-Fort George Region", Fraser-Fort George Museum Society, 1990.) Source: included with note |