Big Eddy
| Feature Type: | Whirlpool - A constant, rapid, circular movement of the water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Columbia River opposite Revelstoke (city), Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°00'14"N, 118°14'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Big Eddy (Whirlpool) adopted 2 February 1955 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 24, as labelled on Dominion Sectional map 112, 1915, and on BC map 4H, 1926. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |