Deep Cove 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. SW side Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet, in North Vancouver, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Deep Cove

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Deep Cove

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

Name Description
Deep Cove Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Deep Cove

References to Deep Cove that document the origin of its place name

Deepwater (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 5B. Name changed to Deep Cove (Post Office) 6 February 1948 on C.3434. Form of name changed to Deep Cove (Post Office & Steamer Landing) 3 May 1951 on 92G. Form of name changed to Deep Cove (Community) 19 July 1979 on 92G/7.

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

Deep Water Post Office (summer office) was opened here 16 May 1927; renamed Deep Cove Post Office 22 March 1940.

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

"No post office. A settlement and former logging camp wharf. After being burned out for two summers in succession the firm abandoned the proposition. Deep Cove is an old name probably given on account of the depth of the water out in the bay. In some places soundings have not been obtained. The water shoals gradually into the middle of the bay and is therefore quite safe, while the depth in the middle is very great." (information provided to the author 14 January 1927 by Mrs. V.S. Corfield, Deep Cove Tea Rooms)

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Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia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

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Last updated: 2023-09-26