| 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 SW through Azure Lake into Clearwater River, in Wells Gray Provincial Park, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°24'27"N, 119°56'19"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/5 |
| Related Maps: |
83D/12 83D/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 February 1963 on 83 D, as labelled on BC map 3J, 1932 et seq, in association with Azure Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Headwaters described in Summary Report 1927, p.43A" (notation on BC name card; inference is not clear - is the river NAMED in the 1927 report?) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters in the vicinity of 52° 41' - 119°50'. Flows into Azure Lake at 52°24'28" - 119°56'20", then exits Azure Lake and continues SW into Clearwater River. The downstream channel of Azure River, between Azure Lake and Clearwater River, is approximately 200m long. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |