| Feature Type: | Waterfall - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Below Monkman Lake on Monkman Creek, SW of Tumbler Ridge, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°38'08"N, 121°09'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 18 February 1998 on 93I/11, as labelled on BC Parks' 1992 Monkman Park Master Plan documents & maps; an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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One of a series of 10 waterfalls along a 4km stretch of Monkman Creek, known as "The Cascades". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Alex Monkman, Carl Brooks and Ted Chambers were the first to go through the Monkman Pass to Prince George. (from "Beaverlodge to the Rockies", 1974, p.550, publisher not known; copy received 1998, file M.2.61). See Monkman Pass for additional biographical information. [see also Gauthier, Mount] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |