Blue River
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side North Thompson River, E of Wells Gray Provincial Park, S of Valemount, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°05'59"N, 119°18'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Blue River (Post Office & Railway Station) adopted 9 April 1962 on 83D/3, as labelled on BC map 3J, 1917 et seq. Form of name changed to Blue River (Community) 15 December 1982 on 83D/3. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Blue River Post Office opened 1 March 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |