Feature Type: | Channel (2) - Alternative course in a flowing water body, or a distributary within a delta. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Columbia River channel at Brisco, between Invermere and Golden, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°50'57"N, 116°19'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82K/16 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 20 January 1955 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #45, as labelled on BC Lands' map 4G, 1914 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 & 1953 BC Gazetteers. Origin/significance not recorded.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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