Deserted River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Relative Location: | Flows SW into ts’unay (bay), NE end of Princess Royal Reach, lekw'emin (inlet), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'32"N, 123°44'30"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Deserted River" adopted 31 July 1945 on Chart #3589, as labelled on BC map 2D, 1914, and on Forestry Map R60M2 (date not cited). Named in association with "Deserted Bay", in turn named in 1860 by the British Admiralty. Name changed to ts’unay stulu (river) 21 June 2023 on 92J/4, as requested by shíshálh Nation. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |