City of Coquitlam Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. W of Pitt River on N side of Fraser River, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

City of Coquitlam: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Coquitlam

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Coquitlam

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Coquitlam Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Coquitlam

References to City of Coquitlam that document the origin of its place name

Coquitlam incorporated as a District Municipality under Letters Patent 25 July 1891, R.B. Kelly, reeve; re-incorporated as a City Municipality by Order in Council 997/92, 18 June 1992, effective 1 December 1992.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Coquitlam Post Office was opened 1 March 1881; renamed Port Coquitlam Post Office 1 July 1913.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"The name Coquitlam is of [Indigenous] origin and signifies a "small red salmon," a fish which once teamed in the Coquitlam river, but now through various causes has become extinct." (Coquitlam Star, May 1912.) See the municpality's website for more information.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

The name Coquitlam is of [Indigenous] origin and signifies a "small red salmon".

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

The name Coquitlam is that of a Salish tribe in the [area] speaking the Cowichan dialect. (17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1922.) Also spelled Kwikwitlem.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

 

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Last updated: 2023-09-26