| 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: | On CNR at SW end of Hansard Lake, NE of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°06'59"N, 122°02'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93J/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Aleza Lake (Post Office) adopted 4 September 1958 on 93J/1, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916; identified as Aleza Lake (station) in the 1973 Supplement to the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Aleza Lake (community) 15 July 1983 on 93J/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Alexa Lake Post Office opened 1 June 1915, J.A. Davidson, postmaster; closed 30 September 1970. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after an old Indigenous woman who lived in the area. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name of Aleza Lake was submitted July 1913 by G.U. Ryley, Land Commissioner, GTPR. The railway built a station [here] in 1914...... ("Postscript '90: Commemorating 75 Years of Postal History in the Fraser-Fort George Region", published by Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum, 1990) Source: |