Emerald 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 into Kicking Horse River, just below Field (locality) in Yoho National Park NE of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°22'55"N, 116°32'42"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, in association with Emerald Lake, in turn named in 1900 because of its extraordinary colour. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |