Van Anda qathet 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. E. side of Texada Island, Texada Island Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Van Anda

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Van Anda

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

Name Description
Van Anda Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Van Anda

References to Van Anda that document the origin of its place name

"Vananda (post office & settlement), not Van Anda" was adopted 6 March 1913; changed to Vananda (Community) 15 March 1983 on 92F/15. Form of the name changed to Van Anda (Community) 11 September 1992 on 92F/15, to respect entrenched local usage.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Van Anda (cove) and Van Anda appears on British Admiralty Chart & Pilot and is used locally. Recommend Vananda in keeping with name of Post Office." (6 March 1913 notation on name card in Ottawa; chart title and date not cited). Vananda Post Office opened 1 June 1897; an early photograph of the post office spells the name in upper-case letters, with no spaces.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Named after the Van Anda Copper & Gold Mining Company, which company owned 840 acres on the northeast side of the island, including the "Copper Queen" claim here; president Edward Blewitt, Seattle capitalist and miner who named both his son and his mining company after his friend Carl Van Anda, a well-known New York City journalist in the 1870's.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Last updated: 2023-10-01