Lussier River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Kootenay River below Canal Flats, N of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°54'18"N, 115°44'10"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/13 |
| Related Maps: |
82G/13 82G/14 82J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 11th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911. Confirmed 2 December 1948 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #58. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Labelled "Sheep Creek" on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Named by David Thompson in 1808, after E. Lussier, one of his men who had recently lost his baggage in crossing Moyie River." Source: 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917 (supplement to the Annual Report of the Dept of the Interior, 1917, Ottawa) |