| 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: | N. of junction of Albreda and North Thompson Rivers, S of Valemount, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°38'14"N, 119°09'49"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Albreda (Post Office) adopted 3 May 1956 on 83/SW, located just north of Albreda Lake; form of name changed to Albreda (Railway Station) 19 December 1961; changed to Albreda (locality) 15 December 1989. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Albreda Post Office opened 1 February 1923 on L7383 Cariboo District, named in association with Mount Albreda; closed in 1948; re-opened sometime in 1956; closed 9 October 1959. Note that this is NOT the location of the original Albreda station on the Grand Trunk Pacific line; that early station was located just east of Tête Jaune Cache as labelled on BC map 3H, 1914, and repositioned westward per map 3H, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |