Cariboo
| 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: |
Not official
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| Relative Location: | Just NW of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°20'59"N, 120°16'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/8 |
| Related Maps: |
93H 93H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Grand Trunk Pacific's Cariboo siding, situated in Lot 5336 as labelled on BC map 3H, 1915 et seq, was relocated c1920 two miles northwest of its original location to serve a pole yard, and was renamed after section foreman D.A. Craig and yard owner J. Bennett. (Marilyn Wheeler, The Robson Valley Story, 1979, p.32). Source: included with note |