Woodfibre Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. NW side of Howe Sound, S of Squamish, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Woodfibre

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Woodfibre

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

Name Description
Woodfibre Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Woodfibre

References to Woodfibre that document the origin of its place name

Woodfibre (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92 SE. Form of name changed to Woodfibre (Post Office & Settlement) 28 July 1945 on C.3579; changed to Woodfibre (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer; changed to Woodfibre (Landing) 29 October 1982 on 92 G/11; changed to Woodfibre (Locality) 13 May 1983 on 92G/11.

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

Previously known as Britannia West, and so-labelled on Geological Survey sheet 997, 1908, and in 1918 Field Book 105/18, ph 37.

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 by Sir George Bury, president of Whalen Pulp and Paper Company, when the company's mill was built here in 1920.

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

 

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-30