Tatshenshini 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 NW then SW across BC-Yukon boundary, then S and W into Alsek River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°28'12"N, 137°44'29"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 114P/5 |
| Related Maps: |
114P/11 114P/14 114P/15 114P/5 114P/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 1st Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1898. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Tatshenshini Wild, a river rafting tour company, gave the folk etymology "ravens river" as the meaning of the name (July 1993).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 59 52 - 136 40 on 114 P/15. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |