Delta Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Post Office - A Canada Post designation; the post office name may or may not be the same as the name of the place where it is located. In Delta District Municipality, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Delta

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Delta

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

Name Description
Delta Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Delta

References to Delta that document the origin of its place name

Ladner (post office and town) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 11 February 1936 on 92G/3. The dual name "Ladner (Delta P.O.) (Settlement)" was adopted 22 August 1969 on 92G/3a. Dual name dismantled into its' component parts July 1993 by Ottawa.

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

Delta Post Office was opened 1 March 1897, closed 30 June 1901; reopened 1 March 1903, closed 31 December 1906; reopened 1 April 1907, closed 18 October 1960 (exact locations not recorded). Ladner Post Office was renamed Delta Post Office 1 March 1969.

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

So-called from the formation of the land by alluvial deposit from the Fraser River (Gosnell Year Book, 1897). The Fraser River delta extends, of course, far beyond the limits of the municipality, reaching the vicinity of Hope. River deltas are often triangular in shape, resembling the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, delta, hence the name.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-26