Official Name: | Dunster, British Columbia |
Settlement Type: | Community |
Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dunster in British Columbia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type2: | Regional District |
Subdivision Name2: | Fraser-Fort George |
Coordinates: | 53.1242°N -119.8378°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | V0J |
Area Code: | 250, 778 |
Dunster is a small farming community in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.[1] It is located 31 km east of McBride and 37 km west of Tête Jaune Cache, and 10 km north of Croydon. Dunster is home to one of the few remaining, original and least altered Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations.
Dunster was named after Dunster, England. Railroad manager, H.P. Hinton chose the name from a list provided to him by Josiah Wedgwood.[2] The station was constructed in 1913. The Dunster Post Office was opened 1 December 1915 with George Hall as the first postmaster. In 1921 Mrs A. McDonald became postmaster.