Langdale
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Howe Sound just NE of Gibsons (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°26'00"N, 123°28'42"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Langdale (steamer landing) adopted 3 July 1958 on C.3586. Form of name changed to Langdale (community) 13 May 1983 on 92G/6. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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This ferry terminal on Howe Sound is named after a certain Langdale who pre-empted land on [Langdale] Creek in 1892. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1973. |