Ware Peace River Regional District, British Columbia

Post Office - A Canada Post designation; the post office name may or may not be the same as the name of the place where it is located. At Fort Ware, NW of junction of Finlay and Kwadacha Rivers, Cassiar Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Ware

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ware

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

Name Description
Ware Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ware

References to Ware that document the origin of its place name

Ware (Post Office) adopted 17 January 1951 on 94F; confirmed 1 October 1953 on 94F. Form of name changed to Ware (Community) 29 November 1984 on Ottawa file 203-2. Form of name changed back to Ware (Post Office) 3 February 1988 on 94F/15 (the community itself is well-known as "Fort Ware").

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

Ware Post Office was opened 12 March 1938, William Ralph Parsons, postmaster. "Mail is received on the 2nd Saturday of July, August, September & October." (1938 survey notes for Lot 4840, by G. Jackson, BCLS). Post Office closed 9 May 1953; re-opened 15 March 1962.

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

"....new Post Office being established under the name of Ware, in the Electoral District of Cariboo, BC. The proposed office will be located 69 miles N of Fort Graham and 150 miles SW of Fort Nelson. The name which is being assigned the office is that of a retired District Manager of the Hudson's Bay Company.... buried at Brampton cemetery, London England, 22 June 1915." (8 January 1938 letter from Post Office Department to Geographic Board, Ottawa file 0521 and 94F).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Peace River Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01