Tsable 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 E into Baynes Sound at Fanny Bay (community), between Qualicum and Courtenay on E side of Vancouver Island, Nelson Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'06"N, 124°49'47"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/10 92F/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tsable River adopted 10 July 1923, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913; not "Baynes River" as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 333, 1900. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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James Richardson refered to coal measures in the vicinity of "river sable" (Geological Survey of Canada Progress Report, 1873-74). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 49 33 -125 06 on 92F/11. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |