Cassiar 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 N into Turnagain River, SE of Cry Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°39'05"N, 128°05'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104I/9 |
| Related Maps: |
104I/8 104I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted December 1944 on 104/NE, not "South Fork Turnagain River" as identified in BC Mines Bulletin 12 (date not cited); location adjusted 17 January 1952 on 104I (file D.1.44) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named because of its relative position in the centre of the Cassiar Land District. See Cassiar Mountains. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |