Ruskin Metro Vancouver 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. N side of Fraser River just below Stave River, in Maple Ridge (municipality), New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Ruskin

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ruskin

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

Name Description
Ruskin Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ruskin

References to Ruskin that document the origin of its place name

Ruskin (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92G/1 at 49 10 - 122 25; position altered 20 September 1974 to 49 12 - 122 25, on 92 G/1. Form of name changed to Ruskin (Community) 28 February 1983 on 92G/1.

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

Ruskin Post Office established 1 January 1898, named after John Ruskin (1819-1900) eminent English art critic and writer.

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

After of the English art critic, essayist, and prominent social thinker John Ruskin. Members of the Canadian Co-operative Society, formed in Mission, BC, in 1895, gave the name Ruskin Mills to a sawmill and to the settlement they established at the mouth of the Stave River in present-day Ruskin. Name Ruskin became official in 1898 with the opening of a local post office.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Braches, Fred; "Charles Whetham A Remarkable Resident of Ruskin"; Whonnock Notes No. 18, 2012.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26