Mansons Landing Strathcona 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. SW side of Cortes Island, N end of Strait of Georgia, Sayward Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Mansons Landing

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Mansons Landing

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

Name Description
Mansons Landing Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Mansons Landing

References to Mansons Landing that document the origin of its place name

Mansons Landing (Post Office, Steamer Landing, Settlement) adopted 6 April 1950 on 92 NW. Identified as Mansons Landing (Post Office) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Mansons Landing (community) 31 May 1982 on 92 K/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

Cortez Island Post Office was opened 1 April 1893, Michael Manson, postmaster; closed 1 December 1898; re-opened 1 May 1904. Name changed to Mansons Landing Post Office 9 July 1941.

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 Michael Manson, a Shetland Islander who, with his brother John, maintained a trading post here from 1887 to 1895. Later he represented the Comox riding in Victoria."

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

 

Strathcona Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01