| 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 SW into Beatton River, NE of Fort St. John, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°25'16"N, 120°39'29"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94A/7 |
| Related Maps: |
94A/10 94A/16 94A/7 94A/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 March 1929 on 94SE, as labelled on BC map 3E, 1912, and on BC map 1H, 1917 (file H.3.28). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The origin of the name is not known, however, it is likely a surname." (--- vol.4, p.57) Source: Place Names of Alberta, Alberta Geographical Names Program and Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society, University of Calgary Press, 4 volumes, 1991-1996. |
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Origin/significance not known. Note that Osborne River (tributary to Doig River) appears on the same 1912 map, having been named by James Akins, DLS, after one G. Osborn, a chainman (survey assistant) on his 1911 survey in the Peace River Block; perhaps "Doig" was another member of Akins' party? Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Subsequently adopted on other BC and Alberta maps, and on Map of The Northwest Territories (Ottawa file OBF 1014). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |