Cariboo Siding

British Columbia. Railway point
Former name for CNR siding at Lamming Mills
53.35 N 120.2667 W — Map 93H/8 — GoogleGeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1911 (GTP map)
Not currently an official name.
94 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass on the Canadian National Railway

Cariboo was the name of a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station at Mile 94, four miles west of McBride.

Wrigley’s British Columbia Directory, 1918:

CARIBOO: station and shingle mill on the G. T. P., 5 miles from McBride. No residents except shingle mill hands, numbering about 25. Local resources: Cariboo Lumber Co shingle mfrs, W N Jack managing owner.
Lawson C mixed farming
Lawson J mixed farming

References:

  • Wrigley Directories, Limited. Wrigley’s British Columbia Directory. Vancouver: 1918. Internet Archive

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