Tête Jaune Cache Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, 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. NW of Valemount, E of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Tête Jaune Cache

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Tête Jaune Cache

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

Name Description
Tête Jaune Cache Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Tête Jaune Cache

References to Tête Jaune Cache that document the origin of its place name

Tête Jaune Cache (Post Office) adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park (North) sheet, as labelled on Yellowhead map #262, 1916, and on BC map 3H, 1919. Form of name changed to Tête Jaune Cache (Settlement) in the 1973 Supplement to the 1965 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Tête Jaune Cache (Community) 31 May 1983 on 83 D/14.

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

Tete Jaune Post Office was opened 23 April 1912 on Lot 6014. About 3 miles southeast along CNR, Henningville Post Office was opened 1 June 1913 on Lot480. Tete Jaune Post Office was closed 15 January 1917; Henningville Post Office was renamed Tete Jaune Cache Post Office, 1 July 1917. Relocated to Lot 6008 March 1948; by 1957 post office had been relocated back to Lot 489 (date of move not cited); post office was closed 20 January 1967.

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 a yellow-haired Indian or half-breed who, before crossing the mountains by the present Yellowhead Pass, cached his canoe, etc. at this point." (Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol VI, 1914-15). "Pierre Bostonais, called Tete Jaune, was an Iroquois of mixed blood who worked for the HBC and Northwest Co, 1816-1827. His brother's name was Baptiste." (Robson Valley Courier, 21 March 1984). "According to Malcolm McLeod, the trapper's name was Francois Decoigne, who was in charge of Jasper House in 1814." (Alberta Place Names, 1928).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

In 1820, Pierre Hatsinaton, a fair-haired free Iroquois nicknamed Tete Jaune ("yellow head"), guided a HBC party from St. Mary's Peace River, up Smoky River and across the Rocky Mountains to the forks of the Fraser River, where he left some of the furs en cache. (This was the first HBC party to cross the mountains into New Caledonia). The cache was at the westerly end of the pass through the mountains, which was also named after him. A third name that probably comes from him is that of the great peak nearby, Mount Robson, which was probably named by him after his superior, Colin Robertson (1783-1842), HBC officer in charge at St. Mary's in 1820.

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

 

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George

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Last updated: 2023-10-01