Simpson 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 W into Vermilion River in Kootenay National Park, NE of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°58'14"N, 115°56'37"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
| Related Maps: |
82J/13 82O/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 April 1911 on Ottawa file OBF0008. 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, 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. |