Fox Slough
| Feature Type: | Slough (2) - Shallow water-filled or marshy depression with no external drainage. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Peace River above Cache Creek, W of Fort St. John, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°15'12"N, 121°20'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94A/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 January 1949 on 94A/6 - "north of Peace River, SW of Bear Flat Post Office." Exact location & extent not specified on compilation map (file M.1.48) - assumed to be channels just northwest of Hwy 29N + Szoo Road junction, as compiled on 1:20,000 map 94A.024 and in Freshwater Atlas. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |