Anvil Island Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. S end of Anvil Island, Howe Sound, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Anvil Island

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Anvil Island

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

Name Description
Anvil Island Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Anvil Island

References to Anvil Island that document the origin of its place name

Anvil Island (Post Office) adopted 3 March 1949 on C.3586; form of name changed to Anvil Island (Steamer Landing) 3 May 1951. Identified as Anvil Island (Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer, then as Anvil Island (Settlement) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Anvil Island (Locality) 13 May 1983 on 92 G/11.

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

Anvil Island Post Office opened 1 August 1896, Fred Keeling, postmaster. The island, in turn, had been named 14 June 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, "from the shape of the mountain that composes it".

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

 

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01