Lois 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 SW into Malaspina Strait just E of Lang Bay, SE of Powell River (municipality), New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°46'23"N, 124°19'51"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on C.3591. Established name on BC Forestry Map R27, No. 1. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Labelled "Eagle River" on BC map 2D, 1923. "Lois River (not Eagle River)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A former Sliammon village, Matkomin (also spelled Metokomem?), was located near the mouth. (Sliammon Treaty Society, March 2004) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |