Barnet 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. S side of Burrard Inlet opposite mouth of Indian Arm, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Barnet

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Barnet

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

Name Description
Barnet Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Barnet

References to Barnet that document the origin of its place name

Barnet (Settlement) adopted 6 February 1948 on C.3434, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Listed in 1953 BC Gazetteer as Barnet (Post Office); form of name changed to Barnet (Community) 15 December 1982 on 92 G/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

Barnet Post Office opened 1 January 1900, J.M. Poitras, postmaster. CPR's Barnet Station opened later.

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

After James Barnet Maclaren (1818-1892), pioneer Canadian lumberman from Buckingham, Quebec, and owner of the North Pacific Lumber Company that operated a sawmill here. He superintended reconstruction of the mill in 1879 after its destruction by fire. His mother's maiden name was Barnet. (Gosnell Year Book 1911-14, p.338) Note the similarities & discrepancies with the following origin, also recorded in the old BC files: In 1889 David Maclaren, a wealthy lumberman from Quebec, built a small sawmill here. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Barnet, and their second son was J. Barnet Maclaren (later of the Maclaren-Ross Company, Ottawa)

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

This is about the spot where Captain Vancouver and his party spend the night of June 13, 1972, some of the party getting very wet as a result of not watching the tide: "The shores in this situation were formed by steep, rocky cliffs that afforded no convenient space for pitching our tents, which compelled us to sleep in the boats. Some of the young gentlemen, however, preferring the stony beach for their couch without duly considering the line of highwater mark, found themselves inconvenienced by the flood tide of which they were not apprized until they were well nigh afloat; one of them slept so sound that I believe he might have been conveyed to some distance had he not been awakened by his companions." (Journal, Vol 2, p.192)

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

 

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Last updated: 2023-09-25