Salmon 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 SW across BC-Alaska boundary into Portland Canal, NW of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°04'16"N, 130°03'36"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 20 January 1955 on 104B. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Headwaters at Salmon Glacier in BC at 56 05 40 - 130 03 30. Flows south into Portland Canal in Alaska in the vicinity of 55 54 - 130 01. Total length = 14 miles (length in BC = approx 1 mile) Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named in 1868 by Staff Cmdr. David Pender, RN Source: Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Geological Survey Professional Paper 567; US Department of Interior, Washington, 1967 |