Happy Valley Capital 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 of Glen Lake, W of Triangular Hill, Metchosin Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Happy Valley

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Happy Valley

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

Name Description
Happy Valley Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Happy Valley

References to Happy Valley that document the origin of its place name

Happy Valley (settlement) adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet Goldstream, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer (files S.2.33 and Ottawa OBF 1449-1). Form of name subsequently changed to Happy Valley (community).

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

Happy Valley Post Office opened 1 August 1896; closed 30 September 1922.

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

Around 1860 some blacks who had emigrated from the United States settled here. According to some accounts, their singing gave the place its name. However, I.G. Walker, postmaster at Happy Valley in 1905, reported that it was one of the blacks, Isaac Mull (who lived to be more than 100), who gave Happy Valley its name, possibly with reference to joy at becoming a free man under the British flag.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Capital Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-25