Gates 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 NE into S end of Anderson Lake, NE of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°33'06"N, 122°28'19"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/9 |
| Related Maps: |
92J/10 92J/7 92J/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 September 1951 on map 92J as established on BC Lands Map 2B, 1914 and in the 1930 Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Gates River and Gates Lake were suggested by Chief Engineer of the Pacific Great East Railway in August 1914, after James Gates who settled in the area in 1900. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Labelled as "Tchanicht Creek" on BC Mines Report, 1910.
Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |