Essondale 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. NW side of junction of Fraser and Coquitlam Rivers, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Essondale

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Essondale

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

Name Description
Essondale Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Essondale

References to Essondale that document the origin of its place name

Essondale (Post Office and Flag Station) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914. Confirmed 11 February 1936, as labelled on BC lands' map 2B, 1914. Form of name changed to Essondale (community)24 November 1980 on 92G/2.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.  |  Province of British Columbia

"Here is also the Mental Hospital for B.C. with the Colony Farm. Named after Dr. Henry Esson Young, Provincial Secretary at the time of first building." [the 1000-acre site was purchased in 1904; cleared and dyked the following year and Colony Farm established; construction of the new hospital started in 1909; western Canada's first botanical garden and arboretum established on the Essondale grounds in 1912 by John Davidson, Provincial Botanist; the first building was opened to receive patients in 1913. The facility was renamed Riverview Hospital in 1966.]

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Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia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 flag stop might have been given the name Essondale by F.W.Peters, CPR superintendent, when the stop was established.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-26