Jackman
| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On CNR, between Valemount and Tête Jaune Cache, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°56'59"N, 119°23'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Jackman (Station) adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park North sheet, as labelled on BC map 3H, 1919; form of name adjusted to Jackman (Railway Point) 31 May 1983 on 83D/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Philip Jackman, RE (1835-1927), who arrived in BC in 1859 with the Royal Engineers. He was a road-builder, Cariboo-miner, policeman, fish warden, farmer, storekeeper, and was elected Reeve (mayor) of Langley three times. Obituary published in Vancouver Province, 28 October 1927. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |