Errington Regional District of Nanaimo, 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. SW of Parksville, Nanoose Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Errington

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Errington

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

Name Description
Errington Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Errington

References to Errington that document the origin of its place name

Errington (Post Office) adopted 2 November 1950 on 92 F, as labelled on E&N Railway map, 1918, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Errington (community) 31 December 1982 on 92 F/8.

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

Errington Post Office was opened 1 March 1891, Duncan McMillan postmaster. According to advice received in 1958 from Duncan McMillan's son, his father had named the place from a line in Sir Walter Scott's poem, Jock of Hazeldean: "Young Frank is chief of Errington and Lord of Langley-dale....". The Errington referred to is a town in northern England.

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

 

Regional District of Nanaimo

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27