Pavilion Squamish-Lillooet 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. On Pavilion I.R. 3, E side of Fraser River on N side of Pavilion Creek, Lillooet Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Pavilion

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Pavilion

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

Name Description
Pavilion Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Pavilion

References to Pavilion that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 2 February 1984, as confirmed by Department of Indian Affairs; approved earlier by BC. See Pavilion Range for origin information.

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

"Name of Indian village is Skwailuk, meaning hoar-frost." (George Dawson, "Report on the area of the Kamloops mapsheet", Geological Survey of Canada Annual Report 1894, p.144, and so-labelled on GSC map 557, 1895).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01