Flows SE across Yukon-BC boundary near Lower Post, eventually turning to flow NE across BC-NWT boundary NW of Fort Nelson, thence into the Mackenzie River, Peace River Land District
Liard River adopted in the 1st Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1898, not "Rivière aux Liards" as on earlier maps.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Headwaters in Yukon at 61 15-131 36. Flows into BC at 60 00-128 35 35. Length in BC = 266 miles. Flows NE from BC into NWT at 60 00-123 43. Mouth in NWT at 61 50 55-121 18 30.
Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
Descriptive; from the abundance of Cottonwood trees (in French: Liards) on its banks. Abbé E. Petitot explored the "rivière des Liards" in the 1870s.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
The Kaska name for the river is Nêt´i Tué, meaning "river flowing from mountains where sheep are snared." (1999 advice from Yukon Native Language Centre).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Adopted in the 1st Report (1898) and in 18th Report (1924). Re-approved for inclusion on assorted maps: April 4,1944 (94/NW); December 21,1944 (104/NE); December 27,1944 (94/NE); June 9,1948 (104P/15); June 6,1950 (104P); 7 March 1951 (94M); January 17,1951 (94NTS); June 7,1961 (94/NE).
Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa