| 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 SE into Kootenay Lake toward N end, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°54'16"N, 116°54'01"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/15 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/15 82K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917; a long-established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Indian name meaning ' where blackberries grow '." (17th Report, GBC). See Kaslo (village) for information that refutes this. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named after John Kasleau, Hudson's Bay Company trapper, who placer mined on the creek. The town was plotted by John Keen in 1891 and [he] corrupted the name to Kaslo." (25 September 1925 advice from Mrs. John Keen, Kaslo, to Bureau of Mines.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kaslo is an Indian name, bestowed in honour of an ancient family of Kootenay [Indians]. ("The Kaslo Claim" Vol 1, No 1, Friday 12 May 1893). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |