| 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 NW into SE end of Babine Lake, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°29'20"N, 125°10'50"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93K/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 July 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 613A, Fort Fraser. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled "Beaver River" on BC map 37, Stuart Lake (later pre-emptor sheet 3C), 1913; labelled "Sutherland (Beaver) River" on BC map 3C, 1914, and on BC map 1G, 1916. Listed as "Sutherland River (not Beaver)" in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1914 by Mr. Butterfield, BCLS, after Joe Sutherland, an Indian from Nautley IR who was on his survey party that year. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |