Choate Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia

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

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Choate

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Choate

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

Name Description
Choate Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Choate

References to Choate that document the origin of its place name

Choate (Post Office) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. "Choate (Post Office & Flag Station)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Choate (Locality) 29 November 1984 on 92H/6.

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

Choate Post Office opened 1 August 1923, taking its name from the railway station here; Coate Post Office was closed 30 June 1939.

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

Station named after James Zacchaeus Choate (1863-1930), early CPR bridge construction foreman, North Bend; CPR bridge and building master at Nelson 1900-06; at Vancouver 1906-29.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

"Named after the head foreman of wooden bridge construction during construction days. Choate, James Zacchaeus, connected with the CPR since 1888; bridge and building master in Vancouver; native of Ontario. ....born in Wentworth county 12 September 1896; educated at the public schools of Wentworth and Haldimand counties. Connected with the GTP railway in 1880. Joined the CPR in 1888 and removed to Vancouver where he has since resided. Very proficient in everything connected with railroad bridge building. Married Miss Alice Crick 1 September 1893, and has six children (recorded by the author in 1914)"

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Fraser Valley Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-30