| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | Right (W) bank of the Fraser River below Saddle Rock, between Yale and Boston Bar, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°37'06"N, 121°24'06"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 as a long-established name, identified in 1858 reports of the Fraser Canyon gold findings, and as labelled on provincial & federal maps, including BC Lands' map 2B, 1914, and Dominsion Sectional map 111, Kamloops, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"The other miners whom I questioned about their earnings were making from two and a half to 25 dollars to the man for the day. The greatest instance of mining success which I heard of in the course of our journey fell to the lot of three men, who collected in seven working days 190 ounces of gold dust on 'Sailor's Bar,' 10 miles above Fort Yale." (7 June 1858 letter from Governor Douglas to W.G.Smith, HBC; Public Records Office, Colonial Despatches collection, accession # CO 6 26 p.470r) Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |