| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | West Road River, West Road (Blackwater) RiverOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Fraser River, between Quesnel and Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°18'37"N, 122°52'31"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/7 |
| Related Maps: |
93C/14 93G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Blackwater River (not Black River, nor West Road River)" adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. Name changed to West Road River 7 February 1947 on 93/SW. Form of name changed to "West Road (Blackwater) River" 4 March 1954 on 93C, to accomodate long-entrenched use of both names (file O.1.46). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Blackwater is a translation of the traditional name. West Road is the name given by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793. Labelled "Black or West Road River" on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia; labelled "Blackwater or West Road River" on Dawson's 1875 geological map of BC between the Fraser River and the Coast Range. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |