| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE. of junction of Monte Creek and South Thompson River, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'59"N, 119°50'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Duck Range (Post Office) adopted 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Duck Range (settlement) 6 December 1956 on 82L/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Duck Range Post Office was opened 1 July 1908; closed 17 April 1943. General limits of settlement provided in RCMP Report 15 September 1956: Duck Range, Tp 19, R 14, W6M, takes in that area from Pritchard to Monte Creek, and up to Duck Meadows; inhabited by about 25 people who ranch in the area. (file S.3.27) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Jacob Duck recorded a pre-emption in July 1865, which, however, had been previously pre-empted by Hutin in January 1864. By pre-emption and purchase of other pre-emptors, Jacob Duck's aggregate was 1,605 acres." Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |
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Named for A.W. Duck, rancher. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |