Welcome to Caithness ...
Although we found mention of Caithness during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Caithness had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added Caithness to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Caithness, please Contact Us.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Caithness, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1925.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Caithness might be (or was) located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).
Note: If you leave Caithness and travel south, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
We believe that Caithness would be found within the (250) and (778)<2> area codes.
Communities Also Named Caithness ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Caithness - it's located in New Brunswick.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Caithness.
Communities near Caithness ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Caithness.
- Fernie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Baynes Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jaffray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaffray came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaffray
- Morrissey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waldo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Kragmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragmont
- Wardner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wardner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardner
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wardner <3>
- West Fernie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wycliffe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wycliffe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wycliffe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wycliffe <3>
- Coal Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coal Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Caithness ...
Looking for more information about Caithness? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Caithness, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Caithness.
Adding Caithness to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Caithness was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Caithness.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Caithness and then turned east". While Caithness could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Caithness as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Caithness could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Area code (778) is an overlay for area code (250). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |