Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
Status: |
Official
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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:
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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