Mount Lehman Fraser Valley 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 of Matsqui Island, in Abbotsford, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Mount Lehman

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Mount Lehman

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

Name Description
Mount Lehman Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Mount Lehman

References to Mount Lehman that document the origin of its place name

Mount Lehman (Post Office & Station) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92SE, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Mount Lehman (Post Office) 20 October 1981 on 92G/1. Form of name changed to Mount Lehman (community) 28 February 1983 on 92G/1.

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

Mount Lehman Post Office was opened 1 May 1884.

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

Named after Isaac Lehman who pre-empted land around here in 1875. Later he moved to the Cariboo, subsequently was a blacksmith in New Westminster, and ended up as an undertaker in Ashcroft.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Fraser Valley Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-30