Browns 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 off Forbidden Plateau, then E into Puntledge River just W of Courtenay, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'20"N, 125°03'00"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Browns River adopted 10 July 1923 as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 (Ottawa file OBC 0784). "Browns River (not Brown River)" re-approved in the 19th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, and 12 December 1939 on 92F/11 and 7 October 1948 on 92F/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |