Whalley Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Urban Community - A separately named area within the limits of an incorporated municipality In City of Surrey, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Whalley

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Whalley

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

Name Description
Whalley Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Whalley

References to Whalley that document the origin of its place name

Whalley (Post Office), NOT "Whalleys Corner (Post Office)" was adopted 5 August 1948 on 92G/2. Form of name changed to Whalley (community) 22 May 1981 on 92G/2. Form of name changed to Whalley (Urban Community) 16 November 1995.

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 Arthur Whalley, who settled here with his family in 1925. When the Pacific Stages bus line established a stop at the intersection of Ferguson and Bergstrom Roads, it was called 'Whalley's Corner'".

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

Also known as "North Surrey", according to the Surrey (City) website.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26