Woodcock Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. W side of Skeena River between Kitwanga and Cedarvale, NE of Terrace, Cassiar Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Woodcock

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Woodcock

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

Name Description
Woodcock Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Woodcock

References to Woodcock that document the origin of its place name

Woodcock (station) adopted 6 August 1953 on 103P, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Woodcock (locality) 29 November 1984 (Ottawa file 203-2).

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By 1930 a school was located at Woodcock, according to notation in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; aircraft landing strip constructed here during WW II.

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Grand Truck Pacific Railway [later CNR] located a station here [date not cited but possibly March 1912 when the line opened], named after one Mr. Woodcock who, in 1871 had built an inn at the mouth of the Skeena River, the place called variously Skeenamouth or Woodcock's Landing, and before long the location of Inverness Cannery. Woodcock's Landing was the start of upriver transport, taking advantage of the Omineca gold excitement. The route to the new goldfields was upriver to Hazelton, thence overland to Babine Lake, Takla Lake and the Omineca River. In addition to building & operating the inn, Mr. Woodcock was employed by HBC's Robert Cunningham to cut the overland trail from Hazelton to Babine. No further mention of Mr. Woodcock in local histories or in mining reports.

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Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01