Albert Canyon Hot Spring
| Feature Type: | Hotspring / Hot Spring - Site of a natural flow of hot or warm water issuing from the ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE of junction of Albert Creek and Illecillewaet River, just E of Mount Revelstoke National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°07'22"N, 117°50'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Albert Canyon Hot Spring (not Watkins Hot Spring) adopted 30 August 1984 on 82 N/4, as a well-established local name and as identified on Highway signs. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified on early water licence as Watkins Hot Spring (date not cited); request from regional Water Rights manager and from licencee to change name to Albert Canyon Hot Spring, to conform to well-established local usage. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |