Oyster 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 E into Strait of Georgia, S of Kuhushan Point between Courtenay and Campbell River (city), Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°52'20"N, 125°06'56"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/14 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/11 92F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 December 1939 on 92F/11 as labelled on BC Lands and Works map of New Westminster District & Adjacent Islands, 1902, and on BC map 2C, 1919 et seq; named in association with Oyster Bay. Re-approved 27 April 1945 on C.3591. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 49 42 - 125 29 on 92F/11. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |