Ben-My-Chree Stikine, British Columbia

Former Locality - A once-populated place with no current population, or that is usually uninhabited SW end of Taku Arm, Tagish Lake, Cassiar Land District

Mapped Location

Ben-My-Chree: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Ben-My-Chree

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ben-My-Chree

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

Name Description
Ben-My-Chree Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ben-My-Chree

References to Ben-My-Chree that document the origin of its place name

Ben-My-Chree (locality) adopted 16 July 1947 on 104 M; form of name changed to Ben-My-Chree (former locality) 13 July 1994 on 104 M/8.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Labelled on federal map 104 M editions 1, 2 & 3, but omitted from 4th edition, and from federal 1:50 000 map 104 M/8 ed.1. It is imperative that this feature be labelled on subsequent editions of 104 M and 104 M/8 - this is a well-known rendezvous for boaters, hunters, seaplanes and helicopters.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"This is the destination of a steamer trip from Carcross, Yukon to the west end of Taku Arm. There are several buildings here. It is closed in the winter - a small group of people (3 or 4) are flown in around the end of March to prepare the garden. After the lake is free of ice (usually in June) the stern wheeler makes overnight trips all summer until about mid-September. Ben-My-Chree is owned and operated by the White Pass and Yukon Railway, which company bought it from the Partridge estate, after the deaths of Mr & Mrs Oscar Partridge, the builders of Ben-My-Chree. As a boy, Mr. Partridge lived on the Isle of Mann; ben-my-chree is Manx for 'girl of my heart'." (June 1954 field notes, BC Geographic Div.)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Whitehorse resident Eric Irvine advises that Ben-My-Chree is now owned by Richard Houghlin, an American living in Sacramento, who spends very little time here. RCMP at Atlin and Carcross advise that buildings are still standing and in good repair, and that this is a well-known rendezvous for boaters, hunters, seaplanes and helicopters; most locations on the south end of Taku Arm are described in relation to Ben-My-Chree.

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

 

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Last updated: 2023-09-27