Crescent Beach 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. E side of Boundary Bay just NW of White Rock (municipality), New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Crescent Beach

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Crescent Beach

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

Name Description
Crescent Beach Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Crescent Beach

References to Crescent Beach that document the origin of its place name

Crescent (Post Office & Station) adopted 11 February 1936, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Name changed to Crescent Beach (Post Office & Station) 23 December 1951 on 92G/2. Form of name subsequently changed to Crescent Beach (village), then changed to Crescent Beach (community) 24 November 1980 on 92G/2.

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

Crescent Lodge Post Office was opened 1 May 1907. Renamed Crescent Post Office 1 April 1909. Renamed Crescent Beach Post Office 23 December 1951 (by that time, located in SE 1/4 Sec 19 Tp 1, W6M); post office closed 30 September 1959. Meanwhile, GNR changed their station name from Crescent to Crescent Beach in April or May 1952; station not identified in GNR and BNR timetables after October 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-named by land owners and subdividers from of the crescent shape of Mud Bay, because they disliked the name Blackies Spit which then applied to the area."

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

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26