Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
NE of junction of Ahbau Creek and Cottonwood River, N of Quesnel, Cariboo Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
53°13'59"N, 122°27'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
93G/1 |
Origin Notes and History:
Cinema (Post Office) adopted 9 May 1963 on 93G. Coordinates altered and form of name changed to Cinema (settlement) 18 April 1966 on 93G/1. Form of name changed to Cinema (locality) 16 August 1979, as advised by Cariboo Regional District planning dept.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Cinema Post Office opened 1 February 1924, situated in NE 1/4 Lot 4598. Relocated 26 November 1958, to SE 1/4 Lot 8566. Closed 1 December 1964 "with little likelihood that it will re-open" (January 1966 advice from Quesnel Post Office)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Dr. Lloyd Champlain and his 'housekeeper' sold $800 worth of vegetables to PGE construction crews 1919-1920, and used the money to travel to Hollywood. Upon his return some years later, he named his property "Cinema" as a reminder of the California foray (1993 advice from Hixon Women's Institute).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Called "Cinema City" by Dr. Lloyd Champlain, senior partner of Freeto and Champlain, who thought it a suitable place for establishing a moving picture industry.
Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions
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