Whiting 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 SW. into Alaska, S. of Taku River., Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°11'08"N, 133°12'53"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104K/3 |
| Related Maps: |
104K/3 104K/6 104K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Re-approved 6 May 1947 on 104NW. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Named in 1888 by Lieut Cmdr C. M. Thomas, USN, for assistant surgeon Robert Whiting, USN, a member of his surveying party. The name was published in the 1891 US Coast Guard Pilot p.149. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |