Days Ranch Stikine, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. NE of junction of Tahltan and Stikine Rivers, NE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Days Ranch

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Days Ranch

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

Name Description
Days Ranch Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Days Ranch

References to Days Ranch that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 14 August 1952 on 104J.

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Labelled "Day's" on BC map 5C, Stikine, 1929 - a stopping place on the Telegraph Creek-Dease Lake Road.

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After Ira Day, who developed this holding. "The man who built the ranch and irrigated its fields was Ira Day. He's been dead about 10 years and the ranch was abandoned for a time." (Vancouver Sun, 19 August 1971, p.16) Aerial photographs dated 1982 show an active (ranching?) operation.

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Stikine

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27