Fireside
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Alaska Highway Mile 543, N of junction of Kechika and Liard Rivers, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°40'22"N, 127°08'58"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94M/11 |
| Related Maps: |
94M 94M/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Fireside (Post Office) adopted 5 April 1961 on 94M/11. Form of name changed to Fireside (locality) 31 December 1982. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Fireside Post was opened 18 May 1961, so-named because of the "Fireside Inn" at Mile 543 that had been built the the U.S. Army in 1942. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |