Lieu historique national du Canada du Fort-St. James
Language of origin French language
Feature Type:Lieu historique national - (National Historic Site) A place declared to be of national historic interest or significance by the Minister responsible for the administration of the Historic Sites and Monuments Acts.
Status: Official
Other Names: Fort St. James National Historic Site of CanadaOfficial
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: In Village of Fort St. James, NW of Prince George, Range 5 Coast Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 54°26'24"N, 124°15'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 93K/8
Origin Notes and History:

Designated by Parks Canada in 1948 as a National Historic Site; plaque installed in 1952.
Fort St. James National Historic Site and lieu historique national du Fort-St. James are identified in "Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and in French", published by Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, August 1994. The French form of the name was subsequently corrected to "Lieu historique national..." (ie. upper case L ). The expanded forms Fort St. James National Historic Site of Canada and Lieu historique national du Canada du Fort-St. James are identified in "Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and French" published August 2003 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office