| Feature Type: | District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Vancouver Island, between Nanaimo and Parksville, Wellington Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°15'01"N, 124°04'27"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Lantzville (Post Office) adopted 2 September 1948 on C.3577. Form of name changed to Lantzville (community) 31 January 1983 on 92F/8. Incorporated as a District Municipality, effective 25 June 2003. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lantzville Post Office was opened 1 May 1923, closed 30 September 1926; re-opened 3 July 1945. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The community was originally known as "Grant's Mine" and until 1929 that name was used on school photographs; no explanation for the name change. (January 1993 advice from Lantzville Historical Society, file B.1.44) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After an American coal miner, F.H.(Harry) Lantz, who invested in, or owned, the Nanoose Collieries located here. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |