| 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 SW into Fraser River, SE of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°15'09"N, 120°04'12"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/8 |
| Related Maps: |
83E/3 83E/5 83E/6 93H/1 93H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Holmes River adopted 13 January 1925, as labelled on BC map 3H, 1919, and on BC-Alberta Boundary map #34, 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c 1913 by J.A. Walker, BCLS, after Albert W. Holmes, provincial forest ranger at McBride, later a farmer at Dunster; died in the 1920's. Holmes was born in the United States and eventually made his way here; he never married; died in a Prince George hospital and is likely buried there. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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"Beaver River" is or was the local name, likely referring to the distinctive rock formation seemingly perched on the summit overlooking this river's junction with the Fraser River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters located at 53 11 - 119 15 on 83E/3. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |