| 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: | Just SE of 100 Mile House, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°33'14"N, 121°12'24"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Fawn (Post Office) and Lone Butte (station) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 3 March 1955 on 92P. Name changed to Lone Butte (Post Office & Station) 5 July 1961 on 92P. Form of name changed to Lone Butte (Community) 31 January 1983 on 92P/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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PGER station called Lone Butte (opened mid-1914?) so-named for the solitary and prominent butte around which the line had been surveyed. Area settlers' submission to establish a post office named "Lone Butte" was rejected by the post office department (date not cited), as there was already a post office with that name in Canada. Fawn Post Office was established 1 February 1916, located at the north end of the PGER platform in the vicinity of 51°33'27" - 121°12'25" (the 2nd choice in association with nearby Fawn Creek?). Name changed to Lone Butte Post Office 11 October 1961, being the entrenched name for the settlement here. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |