Chapmans Bar
| Feature Type: | Bar (1) - A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other unconsolidated material extending across the mouth of a river, harbour or bay and which may obstruct navigation. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Fraser River just above Spuzzum, between Yale and Boston Bar, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°42'59"N, 121°25'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 November 1954 on 92H/11 as an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Gravel bar named after the owner of the roadhouse here, on the Cariboo (gold rush) Road. See Chapmans (locality) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |