| 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 S through Wells Gray Provincial Park into North Thompson River, E of 100 Mile House, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°37'58"N, 120°04'49"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/9 |
| Related Maps: |
92P/16 92P/9 93A/1 93A/16 93A/8 93A/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Clearwater River adopted 11 August 1921 for Geological Survey publication 1945, as labelled on Trutch's 1871 map of BC, and on BC map 3J, 1914 et seq; not "Clear Water River" as spelled on Arrowsmith's map "Western Portion of British North America, Showing the Route Followed by Lord Milton and Dr. Cheadle, 1863-4". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"We came to a large stream flowing into the Thompson from the west (Clear Water River)..." (Northwest Passage by Land, 5th ed, 1865, p.314.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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That portion of the river above Hobson Lake was known as "Big Creek". This channel is labelled "Clearwater River (Big Creek)" on BC Reference Map 23 (1936). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Shown on map by W.B. Cheadle, "Cheadle's Journal of a Trip Across Canada, 1862-1863," .... we came to a large clear river....." may have been first applied by him. Headwaters at 52 49 - 120 06 on 93A/16. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |