| Language of origin | Not defined: Indigenous origin |
| 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: | In Spallumcheen (municipality), N of Vernon, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'59"N, 119°16'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Hullcar (settlement) adopted 1 October 1959 on 82L/NW, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 et seq. Form of name changed to Hullcar (locality) 29 November 1984 on 82L/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Hullcar Post Office was opened 1 August 1894, David Crane postmaster until post office closed 7 February 1913. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by James T. Steele of Grafton Farm, settler in the 1870's who brought the first thoroughbred stock from Eastern Canada to BC. [the name] comes from the Indian name of a nearby rock bluff (sometimes called Salmon Valley Mountain) which Alexander Leslie Fortune spelt Hurrahar, meaning "big rock". (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing their 6th Report. p.144) Source: included with note |