Feature Type: | Hotsprings / Hot Springs - Site of a natural flow of hot or warm water issuing from the ground. Plural of Hotspring / Hot Spring. |
Status: |
Not official
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Relative Location: |
NW of junction of Trout and Liard Rivers, at Liard River (locality), Cassiar Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
59°25'34"N, 126°06'14"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
94M/8 |
Origin Notes and History:
Theresa Hot Springs adopted 3 May 1951 on 94 M, as applied by the US Army road construction crews during construction of the Alaska Highway. Name changed to Liard Hotsprings (not Theresa Hot Springs) 5 July 1951 on 94 M. Form of name further changed to Liard Hot Springs 25 February 1985 on 94 M/8.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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