Deroche 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. Head of Nicomen Slough, N side of Fraser River opposite Chilliwack Mountain, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Deroche

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Deroche

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

Name Description
Deroche Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Deroche

References to Deroche that document the origin of its place name

Deroche (Post Office and Station) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92 SE. Form of name changed to Deroche (community) 15 December 1982 on 92 G/1.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Deroche Post Office was opened 1 October 1891. Note that Deroche Landing (steamer landing) was about 2 miles from here, on the Fraser River.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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After Joseph Deroche, the first settler here, arriving in the early 1880s; he came to BC from California in 1860; died 19 March 1922, age 99.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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First name of the place was Derocier, but CPR named their station after an old Frenchman who lived here. The family was still living here in 1924 according to advice provided to Denys Nelson, author of Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River, 1927.

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

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-30