Pend Oreille River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Pend-d'Oreille RiverOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW from Washington, thence W into Columbia River at Waneta, just S of Trail, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'13"N, 117°37'05"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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As spelled by the US Board on Geographic Names. "Pend-d'Oreille River (not Bitter Root, Clark, Deer Lodge, Hellgate, Missoula, Pend Oreille nor Silver Bow)" identified in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. [specific maps/documents containing these variations are not cited] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |