| Feature Type: | Hills - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. Plural of Hill. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of Ootsa Lake, Nechako Reservoir, S of Houston, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°53'59"N, 126°41'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93E/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 93/SW, as labelled on topographic plan 3T255, Portion of Range 4 Coast District by Frank Swannell, BCLS, 1923, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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[named c1922 by Frank Swannell, BCLS?] after brothers Arthur and Jack Shelford, pioneering settlers at Wistaria and pre-emptors of Lots 690 & 691. Jack & Sarah Shelford's son, Cyril, was the first child born in the hospital at Southbank - 1921. Cyril Shelford (1921-2001) represented the Omineca riding in the provincial legislature 1952-75, including terms as Minister of Agriculture in W.A.C.Bennett's Social Credit government; he is the author of several histories and anthologies, and co-authored the widely published "We Pioneered" with his uncle Arthur Shelford (1885-1979). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |