| 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 SE into Princess Royal Reach, lekw'emin (inlet), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°59'49"N, 124°00'34"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/16 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/16 92K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Britain River adopted 1 August 1922 on BC map 2D, as labelled on map #20, 1912 (map title not cited). Spelling changed to Brittain River 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, the correct spelling of the family name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Rowland Brittain, British Columbia's first patent attorney, c1898, who owned land at the mouth of this river 1901-02. Born in England, he came to Victoria in 1888, moving to Vancouver c.1898. Died at Vancouver 10 April 1926, age 69. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as Slayathlum River on 7 December 1876 survey plan (Field Book No.IR W.35, NWD, vol II). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 50 08 - 124 06 on 92K/1. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |