Mile Zero
Feature Type:District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act.
Status: Not official
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Relative Location: Adjacent to Fraser River, between Lytton and Clinton, Lillooet Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°41'37"N, 121°56'01"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92I/12
Other Recorded Names:
Cayoosh Flat
Origin Notes and History:

CGNDB entry. [the explanatory phrase "....in 1862 Lillooet became "Mile Zero" for the numbering of the mile houses along the Cariboo Wagon Road...." has been misinterpreted by CGNDB staff to mean that Mile Zero was another name for Lillooet itself.]

Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa