Doré 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 NE into Fraser River, just NW of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°20'03"N, 120°11'38"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/8 |
| Related Maps: |
93H/1 93H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 March 1965 on 93H, as labelled on BC map 3H, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The French word for gold. "The former Fifty Mile Creek, according to trapper Jack Damon, was given its name by a Norwegian prospector named Olson "...who found a few colors in his pan, so he called it 'dore' - golden"." (British Columbia Place Names in the Vicinity of Mount Robson, by James L. Swanson, published by Fraser-Fort George Museum Society, Prince George, 1987) Source: included with note |