Franklin 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 head of Knight Inlet, just E of mouth of Klinaklini River, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°04'41"N, 125°34'00"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1928 on Ottawa file OBF 1018, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Benjamin Franklin, crown granted owner of Lot 53 at the south end of Tatla Lake. In 1892 he explored a route from Tatla Lake, down the Klinaklini valley to the head of Knight Inlet, for a short route to drive his cattle to the coast. The route is descibed in 1895 Crown Lands Survey's Report. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |