| 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: | On CNR, W side of Nechako River W of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°56'59"N, 123°15'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Isle Pierre (Post Office & Station) adopted 7 October 1948 on 93J. Form of name changed to Isle Pierre (locality) 15 July 1983 on 93G/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Isle Pierre Post Office was opened 16 November 1928, in association with the nearby island. Post office closed 9 March 1957. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Île Pierre, an island in Nechako River, has retrained its original name although abbreviated from Jacques Pierre le Roi". (Sperry Cline manuscript, p.6). No doubt the station was named after the island. [note that the island's name has been anglicized to Isle de Pierre.] Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |