Big Bar Creek Thompson-Nicola 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. NE of junction of Big Bar Creek and Fraser River, N of Lillooet, Lillooet Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Big Bar Creek

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Big Bar Creek

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

Name Description
Big Bar Creek Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Big Bar Creek

References to Big Bar Creek that document the origin of its place name

Big Bar Creek (Post Office) adopted 5 August 1954 on 92, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916; not "Big Bar" as was labelled on BC map 3K, 1913. Form of name changed to Big Bar Creek (settlement) in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to the Gazetteer, 31 December 1977; subsequently changed to Big Bar Creek (community).

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

Big Bar Creek Post Office was opened 1 July 1881; closed 5 May 1958; reopened 10 November 1958; closed 13 November 1968. At one time the Post Office was located in Lot 151, then in Lot 3473 (dates not cited).

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

 

Thompson-Nicola Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-02