Village of Zeballos Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia

Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. Head of Zeballos Inlet, Esperanza Inlet, N of Nootka Island, Nootka Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Village of Zeballos

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Village of Zeballos

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

Name Description
Village of Zeballos Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Village of Zeballos

References to Village of Zeballos that document the origin of its place name

Zeballos (Post Office) adopted 29 July 1946 on 92E/15. Form of name changed to Zeballos (Village), as incorporated 27 June 1952.

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

Zeballos Post Office was opened 1 September 1937.

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

Named in association with the inlet, in turn as named in 1791 by Captain Malaspina, after Lieutenant Ciriaco Cevallos, an officer in Malaspina's expedition. (Zeballos being another spelling for Cevallos).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Strathcona Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-10-01