| 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 W into Kemano Bay, Gardner Canal, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°29'01"N, 128°07'28"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/8 |
| Related Maps: |
103H/16 103H/8 103H/9 93E/12 93E/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kemano River was originally approved 11 January 1922 on OBF 0662, as labelled on BC map 1A, 1912. Confirmed in the 18th Report, 1924 and 14 June 1946 on 103 SE, 7 September 1950 on 93E, 2 October 1952 on 103H, 2 April 1953 on c.3746 and 7 May 1953 on c.3745; confirmation (headwaters portion) 22 July 1994, BC94-057, on 103 H/16. Name used in CPR Survey Report, 1876, and explored by Poudrier in 1891 (Crown Lakes Surveys, 1901, p.49). " Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Only mid-portion to be labelled on 93 E, as confirmed in 1950; headwaters portion has been correctly labelled on 103 H and 103 H/16, but at the same time, has been duplicated - incorrectly - on 93 E and on 93 E/13. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Kemano" means 'people of the rocks,' from Kemano ... tribe" (Akrigg, 1001 British Columbia Place Names). Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |