| 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: | W side North Thompson River, above Barrière River, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°20'59"N, 120°10'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chu Chua (Station) adopted 11 August 1921 on Geological Survey publication #1945 (copy in 1921 Summary Report, Part A, p.72), as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Chu Chua (Post Office & Station) 3 March 1955 on 92P. Form of name changed to Chu Chua (locality) in the 1977 Supplement to the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Chu Chua Post Office was opened 1 October 1907, named in association with the nearby creek; closed 30 December 1967 (at the time of closing, post office was situated on Lot 938). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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chu chua means "little rivers" ("Les nomes indiens de mon payes", Father Joseph E. Guinard, OMI, p.40) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the Indian, hlooh-hlooh-l-choo-áh, meaning "a creek rushing among rocks" (Father Jean-Marie Le Jeune, OMI) Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |