| Feature Type: | Abandoned Locality - A previously populated place with no current population. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side Dease River, W of Good Hope Lake (locality), Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°17'19"N, 129°50'51"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104P/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cassiar (Settlement) adopted 3 April 1952 on 104 P. Form of name changed to Cassiar (Post Office) in 1966, then to Cassiar (Community) 15 December 1982 on 104 P/5. Changed to Cassiar (Abandoned Locality) 15 March 1993 on 104 P/5. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A company town, owned by the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, whose mine was located here; in turn named as a derivation of the [Indigenous] name "Kaska" or "Kasha". Cassiar Asbestos Corporation ceased operation in 1992; in September 1992 virtually all moveable structures were sold at auction and removed; by early October 1992 only a security guard was living on site. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |