Dunster Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. W side of Fraser River between Valemount and McBride, Cariboo Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Dunster

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Dunster

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

Name Description
Dunster Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Dunster

References to Dunster that document the origin of its place name

Dunster (Post Office and Station) adopted 23 May 1963 on 83E/4, as labelled on BC map 3H, 1919. Form of name changed to Dunster (community) 31 December 1982.

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

Dunster Post Office was opened 1 December 1915, named after a village in England.

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

The station was constructed in 1913, and named Dunster by a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway inspector after his hometown in England. The Dunster post office began in December 1915 in the house of the first postmaster, George Hall. In 1921 Mrs. A. McDonald took over the post office, moving it into the log building constructed by her husband, Alec McDonald, opposite the railway station.... (Postscript ' 90, published by Fraser-Fort George Museum Society, 1990.)

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

 

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01