Baileys Chute
| Feature Type: | Waterfall - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On Clearwater River, S. of Clearwater Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°04'26"N, 120°11'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/1 |
| Related Maps: |
93A 93A/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 January 1976 on 93A as an established name, used by Clearwater valley residents for several years; directional signpost on the trail to the waterfall uses this name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The river drops 20 feet here. Named to remember Jim Bailey, an engineer in the Clearwater Valley in the post-WW II years, who drowned in Clearwater River (at this place ??) in 1952. (February 1975 letter, file B.1.37) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |