Beaver Pass House
| 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: | N side Lightning Creek, W of Wells and Barkerville, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°04'24"N, 121°51'24"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 March 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 335A, Willow River, as labelled on Amos Bowman's 1885 map of the Cariboo Mining District, and on BC map 3G, 1919 & 1935 (file W.1.35). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A former road house established during the Cariboo gold rush. "Beaver Pass" identified in 1961 census, population 17; by August 1965 the Beaver Pass roadhouse had collapsed, but a coffee shop & gas station had been built near the former roadhouse. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |