Yennadon Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. S side of Alouette River in Maple Ridge (municipality), New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Yennadon

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Yennadon

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

Name Description
Yennadon Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Yennadon

References to Yennadon that document the origin of its place name

Yennadon (settlement) adopted 4 July 1957 on 92G/SE, as lbelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Form of name changed to Yennadon (locality) 29 November 1984 on Ottawa file 203-2.

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 E.W. Prosse after the former home of his grandfather, Yennadon Manor, a beautiful place on Dartmoor in England. (information from Mrs. Thomas Spinks, Port Haney, February 1927)."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

Yennadon Post Office was opened 1 September 1911, situated on Lot 1, NE 1/4 Sec 29, Tp 12, W6M; closed 31 August 1923.

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

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26