Driftwood 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 SE into head of Takla Lake, N of Smithers, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°41'52"N, 126°14'40"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93M/9 |
| Related Maps: |
93M/15 93M/16 93M/9 94D/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 March 1938 on Geological Survey sheet 448A, Hazelton, as labelled on G.M. Dawson's 1880 map, and on BC map 1H, 1917, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. A long-established name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 56 10 - 126 58 on 94D/2. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |