Ceepeecee Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. N side of Hecate Channel, Esperanza Inlet, SW of Tahsis, Nootka Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Ceepeecee

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ceepeecee

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

Name Description
Ceepeecee Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ceepeecee

References to Ceepeecee that document the origin of its place name

"Ceepeecee (Post Office, Steamer Landing & settlement)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Confirmed 27 July 1946 on 92E/15. Form of name changed to Ceepeecee (Settlement) 3 March 1960 on C.3662. Further changed to Ceepeecee (Locality) 29 November 1984.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Ceepeecee Post Office was opened 15 May 1926, located on L386. Post Office relocated to the larger settlement of Esperanza, about 1 mile westward at Lot 391, 1 April 1955. Renamed Esperanza Post Office 16 February 1960, to conform to the name of the settlement.

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The name of the location is an phoenetic rendering of the initials C.P.C., referring to the Canadian Packing Corporation, a subsidiary of California Packing Corporation, which company started a plant here in 1927. There were a few inhabited buildings here, although the reduction plant had burned down (1958 advice from Hydrographic Service). "...ruins of a former cannery..." (BC Pilot Vol 1, 1965, p.532).

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Strathcona Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-10-01