| 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 S into Thompson River at Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°40'54"N, 120°20'27"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/9 |
| Related Maps: |
82M/11
82M/12
82M/14
83D/11
83D/12
83D/3
83D/6
92I/16
92I/9
92P/1
92P/8
92P/9
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Origin Notes and History:
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North Thompson River adopted 23 April 1912 for Dominion Sectional sheet 111, Kamloops, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 557, 1895 (Ottawa file OBF 0022). Re-approved 11 August 1921 for Geological Survey publication #1945 (Summary Report 1921, Pt.A, p.72). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Identified as North River in Canada Gazette, 14 October 1865, p.7. Subsequently designated North Branch of Thompson River; labelled "Thompson River, North Branch" on Pemberton's 1871 map of British Columbia. [see Thompson River for biographical detail about namesake David Thompson.] Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |