Feature Type: | Eddy - Small whirlpool in a watercourse or in the sea, running contrary to the direction of current or tide. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
E side of Columbia River at mouth of Cai Creek, between Castlegar and Trail, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°15'43"N, 117°38'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82F/5 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 14. A local name. Origin/significance not provided.
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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