De Boville Slough
| Feature Type: | Slough (2) - Shallow water-filled or marshy depression with no external drainage. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Chatham Reach, Pitt River, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°16'52"N, 122°43'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 July 1957 on 92G/7, as identified in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Origin/significance not recorded Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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On map in 1913 (C G); not an owner in Land Registry; an old name (Port Coquitlam clerk); Donald McLean obtain Crown Grant here in 1903. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |