Pitman
| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On CNR, W side of Skeena River just above Hardscrabble Creek, NE of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°42'31"N, 128°19'23"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Pitman (Station) adopted 4 November 1948 on 103NE, as labelled on BC Lands' map 3D, 1915 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I. Form of name subsequently adjusted in Ottawa records, to Pitman (railway point). Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway has a station called Pittman [sic]." (BC Mines Report, 1914, p.K135) Pitman identified as a 39-car siding in CNR passenger timetable April - October 1967. Source: included with note |