Clearwater 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 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
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Origin Notes and History:

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