Illecillewaet River
[ill ah SIL-ah-wet]
| Language of origin | Not defined: Indigenous origin |
| 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 N end Upper Arrow Lake at Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°58'55"N, 118°12'28"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/16 |
| Related Maps: |
82L/16 82M/1 82N/4 82N/5 82N/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Illecillewaet (not Illicilliwaet, nor Illecilliwaet, nor Illicillewaet) Glacier, River and Town adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on 1871 map of British Columbia, by J.W. Trutch; flows SW into Columbia River at Revelstoke. Description altered and coordinates of mouth adjusted 31 October 1977; flows W into N end Upper Arrow Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters: 51 15, 117 28. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |