| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | On CPR just N of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°05'50"N, 118°28'53"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Fisherman (Station) adopted 6 October 1955 on 82SW, as labelled on BC Lands' map 4A, 1926. Rescinded 11 March 1971. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Fisherman (not Pennsylvania)" CPR flag station identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, ie. on the west side of Granby River. [note that Pennsylvania Stn was on the KVRR, on the east side of Granby River, according to 1912 edition of BC Lands' map #28 (later 4A).] Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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A flag stop or station on C & W Railway (CPR), located in Lot 1337 between Fisherman and Neff (Deer) Creeks; listed in timetables until September 1968; service cancelled & station building removed late in 1968 according to CPR. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |