Shere
| 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: | W side Fraser River, just NW of Tête Jaune Cache, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°01'59"N, 119°35'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Shere (station) adopted 23 May 1963 as labelled on BC map 3H, 1914 se seq. Form of name changed to Shere (locality) 31 May 1983 on 83E/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway after the engineer in charge of construction of this section of the GTP (January 1986 advice from CN Transportation Archives, Edmonton) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |