| Language of origin | English language |
| 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 |
| Other Names: | ChetwyndOfficial |
| Relative Location: | SE of Hudson's Hope (municipality), between Pine Pass and Dawson Creek, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°41'44"N, 121°38'18"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93P/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Little Prairie (Post Office) adopted 1 December 1949 on 93 P/NW. Name changed to Chetwynd (Post Office) 4 June 1959 on 93P/NW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Little Prairie Post Office was opened 8 April 1923, "Little Prairie" being a translation of the traditional [Cree?] name of the area. Little Prairie Post Office relocated from Lot 494 on the north side of the Commotion Creek-Dawson Creek road, to Lot 398 Sec 26, Tp 77, R 24, W6M, on the south side of the road, 10 August 1949; renamed Chetwynd Post Office 2 July 1959 after the Honourable Ralph L.T. Chetwynd, Minister of Railways and one-time director of Pacific Great Eastern Railway, who had died in 1957. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |