Blubber Bay qathet 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 end of Texada Island in the Strait of Georgia, Texada Island Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Blubber Bay

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Blubber Bay

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

Name Description
Blubber Bay Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Blubber Bay

References to Blubber Bay that document the origin of its place name

Blubber Bay (Post Office) adopted 7 February 1947 on C.3591, as identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Blubber Bay (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92 F/15.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Blubber Bay Post Office opened 15 December 1911; named in association with the bay of the same name.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Mrs. George Hunyor, operator of the only store in Blubber Bay, doesn't sell any whale fat, but she can't keep up with the demand for souvenir spoons bearing the name of the picturesque place. Blubber Bay is a tiny village located in the harbour of Texada Island, a five-mile ferry ride from Powell River, at the north end of Georgia Strait. At the turn of the century it was a whaling station, where whalers would slice up the blubber from the giant mammals. Today its' 35 families chop up limestone in the rock quarries owned by the Domtar Chemical Company." (from Canadian Magazine, Toronto Star, June 1970).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa  |  Province of British Columbia

 

qathet Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-10-01