Village of Chase Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. W end of Little Shuswap Lake, NW of Salmon Arm (city), Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Village of Chase

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Village of Chase

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

Name Description
Village of Chase Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Village of Chase

References to Village of Chase that document the origin of its place name

Chase (Post Office) adopted 3 November 1932 on 82 L/NW, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 22 April 1969. Chase (Village) confirmed 15 December 1982 on 82 L/13. Boundary extention February 2005, to incorporate a satellite area at Adams Lake.

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

Chase Post Office opened 1 October 1908, John Haldane postmaster. See also the municipality's own website.

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 Whitfield Chase, who had acquired the interests of a number of pre-emptors between 1864 and 1867. It is evident that Chase was in possession of the pre-emption of J.J. Sicklar prior to 16 September 1865, because reference is made to the presence of Chase on the Sicklar pre-emption of that date."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

"...Whitfield Chase (1820-1896), a native of New York state who came west over the Oregon Trail in 1852. For some years he worked as a carpenter and unprofitably prospected for gold on the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. In 1865 he established a ranch where the South Thompson runs out from Little Shuswap Lake.....

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Thompson-Nicola Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-10-02