Racing 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 into Toad River, below Muncho Lake Provincial Park, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°55'08"N, 125°03'15"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94K/14 |
| Related Maps: |
94K/11 94K/14 94K/2 94K/6 94K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 25 November 1944 on 94/NW, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917 et seq. Re-approved 7 May 1953 on 94K/11 and 2 July 1953 on 94K and 94K/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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About 56 miles long. Source is the glaciated area north of Mount Ortona (approximately 58 13 - 124 50 on map 94K/2.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Racing River" is a translation of it's Indian name, Chles-teel-ee-tua (advice from E.B. Hart). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |