| Feature Type: | Landing (1) - A coastal or shore location where boats may put in to load or unload. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N bank Liard River, between Coal River and Fireside, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°36'59"N, 127°07'06"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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Adopted 7 March 1951 on 94M, as labelled on 94M/11, 1948. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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John Ogilvie ("Skookum") Davidson (1892 - 1972), pioneer packer, guide and rancher in the area, established this landing after the Alaska Highway was completed in 1943. Just above the landing are the remains of a highway construction camp; Skooks would arrange for supplies to be set down on the highway there, pack them down a short trail to the landing, and boat them 150 miles up the Kechica River to his Diamond J Ranch. He used the landing until 1972, when he moved to Vancouver following a fire at the ranch. See Times-Colonist, Islander Magazine, 29-30 May 1983. Also Mount Skook Davidson. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |