Ain 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 SE into Masset Inlet, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°43'56"N, 132°25'24"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103F/9 |
| Related Maps: |
103F/16 103F/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 February 1948 on C.3805, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart A3711, 1924, and on BC map 3L, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by George Dawson in 1878; from the Haida name "Qua'nun" Source: Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973 |
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Headwaters at 53 46 - 132 29 on 103F/16. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |