Chapmans Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. E side of Fraser River between Yale and Boston Bar, Yale Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Chapmans

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Chapmans

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

Name Description
Chapmans Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Chapmans

References to Chapmans that document the origin of its place name

Chapmans (Station) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as listed in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Chapmans (locality) 14 May 1982 on 92 H/11.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Named in association with the adjacent gravel bar, in turn named after the owner of the roadhouse here, on the Cariboo (gold rush) Road. Chapmans Bar is labelled on G. Epner's "Map of the Gold Regions of British Columbia", 1862.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Hell's Gate" identified on BC name card as old or other name for Chapmans (map/document title or date not cited). Feature type is not specified. This is assumed to be an error on the BC name card. [Note that Hells Gate (canyon) is more than 5 miles north of here, and the CN station at that point was called "Gorge" ].

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

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-30