Cisco
| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On CNR, E side of Fraser River S of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'59"N, 121°34'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cisco (station) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 408A, Ashcroft. CNR advised April 1961 that Cisco Station was abandoned, but the siding still has a 64-car capacity. Cisco (Railway Point) confirmed 31 May 1982 on 92 I/4. [Note: CPR once had a station, also named Cisco, just north of here.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Located on Siska Flat IR 5A. Cisco/Siska is an Indian word meaning "uncle"; significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |