Alvin
Alvin is an unincorporated locality just north of the head of Pitt Lake in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Alvin was formerly located at the homestead and farm of Alvin Thomas Patterson, a logging contractor and farmer who settled there about 1901, originally from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Alvin, British Columbia”
Alvin
- Category: historic site
- Location: Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.6061° or 49° 36′ 22″ northLongitude
-122.63175° or 122° 37′ 54″ westElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
84XVJ949+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1098702931OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ghost_townOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
5884288Wikidata ID
Q4738023
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Persian—“Alvin” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alvin, British Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الفين”
- Persian: “الوین، بریتیش کلمبیا”
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