Albion Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

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. N side of Fraser River, in Maple Ridge District Municipality, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Albion

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Albion

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

Name Description
Albion Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Albion

References to Albion that document the origin of its place name

Albion (Post Office) adopted 11 February 1936 on 92 G/2, as labelled on provincial maps since 1912. Form of name changed to Albion (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92 G/2.

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

Albion Post Office opened 1 October 1907 situated on DL 407; William Ritchie, postmaster.

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

Early name of the district was East Haney. When growth brought a school and post office, and names were required for each, a committee of settlers suggested Albion, the ancient Celtic name for Britain [Albion is said to be the oldest known name for Britain, derived from the Latin "albus" (white), referring to the white chalk cliffs of southern England. Note, however, that this name was in use long before the Romans arrived. Some scholars say that albion means simply "the land" in the Celtic language.]

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

Daily Province, 20 September 1925, tells how Alex Forrest recounted the first stopping of the trains at Albion: A lady whose weight was not to be lightly estimated asked to be allowed to get off there, and he, being the official to consult, asked the engineer to oblige, the night being too stormy for any woman to have to walk from Haney back again... A week later a number of men demanded the same priviledge saying that the lady had been accommodated a week previously, with the result that Albion became a regular stopping place for trains.

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

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-25