Goat 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 NE. into Fraser River, between Goat River (station) and River, Cariboo Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 53°31'56"N, 120°33'33"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 93H/10
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 12 March 1965 on 93H, as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Origin/ Significance not recorded.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

Reported to be named in July 1886 by Robert Buchanan, George Isaacs, Arthur Johnston, Kenneth McLeod and N. Wilson (Pp. 198, 1886 BC Mines Report).

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.