Pasayten 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 from Washington State into Similkameen River, just E of E.C. Manning Provincial Park, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'22"N, 120°34'55"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Pasayten River adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914, not "Pasayton" as spelled on map 1A, 1912, and on Dominion Sectional maps # 33, Yale, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |