Jellicoe
| 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: | Just S of Chain Lake, NE of Princeton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°40'59"N, 120°17'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Jellicoe (station) adopted 6 October 1936 on 92H at 49 41 - 120 17. Form of name changed to the dual name "Jellicoe (station)-(Bankeir Post Office)" 14 August 1952 on 92/SE. Bankeir (Post Office) subsequently relocated 4 1/2 miles north; Jellicoe (station) re-instated in the 1966 Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Jellicoe (locality) 14 May 1982. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |