Feature Type: | Falls - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. Variation of Waterfall. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
In Fraser River above Robson River, NW side of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
53°01'49"N, 119°12'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
83E/3 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 4 December 1968 as proposed by Parks Branch.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Commemorates the Overland Expedition which passed by these falls in August 1862.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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