| 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 W into Sproat Narrows, Alberni Inlet, S of Port Alberni (city), Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'09"N, 124°48'59"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Franklin Creek adopted 13 August 1945 on C.3609, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Franklin River 4 March 1947 on 92F/2. Confirmed 8 July 1948 on C.3609. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Franklin's River" on Map of the Country Between Barclay Sound and Nanaimo by the V.I. Exploration Expedition, 1864. (Lands Vault, plan P.2.T.67) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...after Selim Franklin, Esquire, MLA. Chairman of Exploration Committee." (Report of the 1864 Vancouver Island Exploration Expedition, published at Victoria, 1865, p.22; accession NW 971.1 V, V225). See Victoria Colonist, 27 December 1858 for biographical information about Franklin. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Traditional name is Owatchet. (c1931 notation on BC name card) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |