Stranby River adopted 13 March 1947 on C.3676, as recommended by Hydrographic Service and as labelled on Jackson's 1936 map 92L/13; not "Cache Creek" as identified in 1892 surveyors report and as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919, and on BC map 1K, 1925. Stranby River re-approved 6 May 1947 on 102I/8-9, and 6 November 1952 on 102I. Spelling changed to Strandby River 5 July 2005 on 102I/16 and 102I/9, as proposed by historian Ruth Botel, and endorsed by Regional District of Mount Waddington, Port Hardy & District Chamber of Commerce, Quatsino Band Council, BC Parks, North Island Trails Society, etc.

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"Cache Creek, a large stream flowing through the western portion of [Township 35]... affords shelter at its mouth for craft drawing not more than 7 feet...." (extract from the report of Messrs. Hermon and Hawkins, 17 November 1892, contained in Abstracts from Reports on Vancouver Island made by British Columbia Land Surveyors to the Department of Lands; published at Victoria, 1929, p.31).

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Stranby River [sic] named by surveyor Jackson to recall the post office and settlement that used to be located at the mouth. Note, however, that the post office name was spelled "Strandby" - in turn named after a coastal village on the northeast shore of Denmark.

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