| 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: | Junction of Flatbed Creek and Murray River, SE of Chetwynd, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°07'59"N, 121°00'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93P/2 |
| Related Maps: |
93P/2 93P/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 February 1983 on 93 P/2, referring to the populated core within the 54,830+ hectare Tumbler Ridge District Municipality. 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 April & 10 April 1981 for descriptions of this "instant" settlement, constructed to service coal development & exports from Denison and Teck Corporation's 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). See also Tumbler Ridge District Municipality's own website, link through www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/ (April 2000) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |