Yoho 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 S into Kicking Horse River, NE of Field (Community), Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°26'09"N, 116°25'11"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
| Related Maps: |
82N/10 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1924 on 82N/8 as listed in 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915 Gazetteers and as labeled on Reference Map 1ER "Kootenay, Osoyoss, Similkameen Land Districts - Land Recording Divisions" (1915). May have previously appeared as North Fork of Kicking Horse River or Glacier Creek (maps/dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Recorded as being a Cree exclamation of surprise, potentially suggested by Sir William Van Horne in 1901. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Headwaters at 51 35 - 116 33. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |