| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | N side of Fraser River just below Stave River, in Maple Ridge (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'54"N, 122°26'07"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Ruskin (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92G/1 at 49 10 - 122 25; position altered 20 September 1974 to 49 12 - 122 25, on 92 G/1. Form of name changed to Ruskin (Community) 28 February 1983 on 92G/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Ruskin Post Office established 1 January 1898, named after John Ruskin (1819-1900) eminent English art critic and writer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After of the English art critic, essayist, and prominent social thinker John Ruskin. Members of the Canadian Co-operative Society, formed in Mission, BC, in 1895, gave the name Ruskin Mills to a sawmill and to the settlement they established at the mouth of the Stave River in present-day Ruskin. Name Ruskin became official in 1898 with the opening of a local post office. Source: Braches, Fred; "Charles Whetham A Remarkable Resident of Ruskin"; Whonnock Notes No. 18, 2012. |