Feature Type: | Falls - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. Variation of Waterfall. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Near the mouth of Grouse (Moul) Creek, E side of Clearwater River at S end of Wells Gray Provincial Park, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
51°50'04"N, 120°02'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92P/16 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 31 January 1983 on 92P/16, being the established and widely recognized local name according to December 1982 advice from BC Parks District Manager, Clearwater (file M.1.61). So-labelled in guidebooks, including "Exploring Wells Gray" by Roland Neave, 1981.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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