| 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 S from Simpson Pass into Simpson River, N end of Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°01'04"N, 115°47'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82O/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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North Simpson River adopted 7 May 1959 on 82 O/4, not "North Branch Simpson River" as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #13A, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Headwaters channel (labelled "North Branch Simpson River" on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 13A, 1917) was originally understood to originate in the vicinity of 51° 04' 04" x 115° 50' 30" flow through Eohippus Lake thence continue southward into Simpson River; headwaters channel since determined to be contained in the natural prolongation of the valley, with Simpson Pass at its head. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named in association with Simpson Pass and Simpson River, in turn referring to Sir George Simpson (1792-1860), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada, 1822-60; the pass through the Rocky Mountains that bears his name had been located by a party headed by Governor Simpson in 1841. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |