| Feature Type: | District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Junction of Bulkley River and Buck Creek, SE of Smithers, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°23'53"N, 126°38'53"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/7 |
| Related Maps: |
93L 93L/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Houston (Village) adopted 6 October 1936 on 93L, as labelled on BC map 3D, 1919 et seq. Incorporated as a Village 4 March 1957; name confirmed 21 April 1966 on 93NW. Re-incorporated as a District Municipality 1 February 1969, called District of Houston. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after John Houston, the first newspaper man in Prince Rupert (R.G. Large, The Skeena: River of Destiny, Mitchell Press, 1957.) Houston Post Office was opened 1 April 1914. Source: included with note |
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In 1910, as a result of a newspaper contest for a suitable name, this settlement was named after John Houston, the first newspaperman in Prince Rupert. Earlier Houston had been the first mayor of Nelson, where he had edited the Tribune. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |