Clore 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 Zymoetz River, E of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°27'07"N, 128°02'21"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/8 |
| Related Maps: |
103I/8 93L/4 93L/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Clore River adopted 7 March 1933 on Geological Survey sheet 368A, Smithers, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; not "South Fork of Zymoetz River" as labelled on BC map 1L, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mis-spelled "Chlore River" in BC Mines Report, 1930, p.79; elsewhere spelled "Chlore Creek". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Arthur Lee Clore, old time prospector in this district. See Mount Clore. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |