Coal 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 S across BC-Yukon boundary into Liard River, W of Smith River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°39'11"N, 126°57'23"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94M/10 |
| Related Maps: |
94M/10 94M/11 94M/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 February 1936 on 94M, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters in Yukon at 61 32 - 127 41 on 95 E/12. Crosses from Yukon into BC at 60 00 - 127 07 05 on 95 D/3. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Total length: 49 miles (15 miles in BC) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |