Origin of the name unknown.
Origin of the name unknown.
Commanding Officer Charlie Leake
McBride’s 830m airstrip is named for Lieutenant Colonel Charles Leake, CD, RCAF (ret’d) [ca. 1932–2024], raised in McBride. Leake retired after 27 years in the military and returned to the McBride area. He died in Comox, British Columbia.
Leake was a partner in CCI Aviation. CCI stood for Charlie Chitwood, Charlie Leake, and Ian Monroe.
The airstrip, CAV4, accommodates small aircraft, and is operated by the Village of McBride.
Not an official name.
Buried in the McBride cemetery:
Harstad, Sig 1896 – 1979
Harstad, Eva May 1914 – 1996
Harstad, Leon S. 1944 – 2008
Harstad, Robert A. 1949 – 1993
Harstad, Sheena Maree 1969 – 1970
There is an entry for Mount Sig Harstad in the Cebuano Wikipedia, where we find that “The land around Mount Sig Harstad is mostly mountainous, but immediately surrounding it are hills. The highest point in the vicinity has an elevation of 2,816 meters and is 2.6 km south of Mount Sig Harstad. Less than 2 people per square kilometer around Mount Sig Harstad. The nearest larger town is McBride, 19.4 km north of Mount Sig Harstad. The area around Mount Sig Harstad is almost completely covered in grass.”
There is also a Mount Sig Harstad page on Geonames.
See Shelby Road.
Adopted 1987 on 93H/8, as submitted in 1985 by Water Management Branch, Prince George. Name used on water licences (earliest date not cited). Origin/significance not explained.
Provinces of British Columbia and Vancouver Island; with portions of the United States and Hudson’s Bay Territories. John Arrowsmith, 1859
Colonial Dispatches, Uvic
Detail of John Arrowsmith map,1859
Colonial Dispatches, Uvic
Detail of Tête Jaune Cache area, John Arrowsmith map,1859
Colonial Dispatches, Uvic
THE PROVINCES OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
WITH PORTIONS OF THE
UNITED STATE’S & HUDSONS BAY TERRITORIES.
Compiled from ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
by JOHN ARROWSMITH.
1859
Handwritten note on map sheet: This map is unpublished but will appear in Part II of British Columbia Papers
John Arrowsmith (1790–1873) was born at Winston, County Durham, England. In 1810 he joined his uncle Aaron Arrowsmith in the cartography business. After his uncle died in 1823, the family firm was carried on by his sons Aaron and Samuel Arrowsmith, and John began working on his own. The Arrowsmiths were founding members of the Geographical Society of London in 1830. The junior Aaron left the family firm in 1832, and upon the death of Samuel in 1839, John merged it into his own successful business.
The map includes the note “Camp of Anderson’s party 1835” near the site of “Yellow Head or Tete Jaune Cache.”
Topographical Map Showing Mount Robson and Mountains of the Continental Divide North of Yellowhead Pass. Arthur O. Wheeler, 1912
Victoria Library, University of Toronto
Detail showing stations on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Victoria Library, University of Toronto