Lone Butte Cariboo 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. Just SE of 100 Mile House, Lillooet Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Lone Butte

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Lone Butte

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

Name Description
Lone Butte Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Lone Butte

References to Lone Butte that document the origin of its place name

Fawn (Post Office) and Lone Butte (station) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 3 March 1955 on 92P. Name changed to Lone Butte (Post Office & Station) 5 July 1961 on 92P. Form of name changed to Lone Butte (Community) 31 January 1983 on 92P/11.

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

PGER station called Lone Butte (opened mid-1914?) so-named for the solitary and prominent butte around which the line had been surveyed. Area settlers' submission to establish a post office named "Lone Butte" was rejected by the post office department (date not cited), as there was already a post office with that name in Canada. Fawn Post Office was established 1 February 1916, located at the north end of the PGER platform in the vicinity of 51°33'27" - 121°12'25" (the 2nd choice in association with nearby Fawn Creek?). Name changed to Lone Butte Post Office 11 October 1961, being the entrenched name for the settlement here.

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

 

Cariboo Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27