| 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: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Fraser River, between North Bend and Boston Bar, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°57'54"N, 121°29'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Boothroyd (station) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope. Name rescinded 19 January 1976 on 92H, following c1974 closure of railway station. Boothroyd (community) reinstated 4 September 1991 by BC, following advice from Fraser-Cheam Regional District that this is the name of the community on Kahmoose IR 4, 12km north of Boston Bar. Approved by Department of Indian & Northern Affairs 4 October 2001. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Originally called Boothroyd Flat, after George Boothroyd, farmer, storekeeper and proprietor of Forest House Hotel here. He was born in Yorkshire 4 April 1829; arrived at the Fraser River in 1859; afterwards councillor and school trustee at Surrey; died at Surrey Centre 21 July 1902. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |