Official Name: | Rider, British Columbia |
Settlement Type: | Railway Point |
Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rider 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: | 53.4833°N -120.5333°W |
Rider is a railway point of the Canadian National Railway located west of McBride, British Columbia.
Rider was named after the novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard, who, in July 1916, travelled from Vancouver to Edmonton along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Prior to 1916 the station was known as "Knole."