Boston Bar Fraser Valley Regional District, 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. E side Fraser River, between Yale and Lytton, Yale Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Boston Bar

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Boston Bar

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

Name Description
Boston Bar Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Boston Bar

References to Boston Bar that document the origin of its place name

Boston Bar (Post Office and Railway Station) adopted 6 October 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope. Form of name changed to Boston Bar (Post Office) in 1953 BC Gazetteer. Changed to Boston Bar (community) 15 December 1982 on 92 H/14.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Boston Bar is identified as a camp or road house on Gustaf Epner's 1862 map "Gold Regions of BC". Boston Bar Post Office opened 1 April 1917, C. Harrington, postmaster.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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So-named because most of the placer miners working this bar in 1858-59 were "Boston men" ie. Americans, in turn because the first American ships off this coast were invariably from Boston, the Indians took to calling them "Boston men".

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Fraser Valley Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-30