| Feature Type: | District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE of Chetwynd, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°07'33"N, 120°59'53"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93P/2 |
| Related Maps: |
93I/14 93I/15 93P/2 93P/3 93P/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Incorporated as a District Municipality 9 April 1981, called District of Tumber Ridge. Name confirmed 31 July 1981. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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See Victoria's Times-Colonist newspaper 9 & 10 April 1981 for descriptions of this "instant" settlement - the largest municipality in the province at 150,000 hectares, constructed to service coal development & export from Denison and Teck Corporations mine sites. "Nowhere else in North America has crime prevention through environmental design been applied to the development of a whole new town...." (Times-Colonist 15 November 1981) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |