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West Road (Blackwater) River (B.C.)


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    • n-cn-bc

  • Variants

    • Blackwater River (B.C.)
    • Rivière West Road (Blackwater) (B.C.)
    • Tee-a-ko (B.C.)
    • Toa-thal-kas (B.C.)
    • West Road River (B.C.)

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    • found: Work cat.: Hillen, W. Blackwater River : Toa-thal-kas, 1972:p. 33 (Blackwater River rises from a tarn at the 6,400-foot level on the northern slopes of Far Mountain. On very old maps it's called Far Lake; flows into the Fraser River; Alexander Mackenzie called it West-Road River; "Toa-thal-kas" to the Indians) p. 34 (A river was usually known by one name until it entered a large lake; below the discharge it usually had another name. The Blackwater was Toa-thal-kas below Kluskoil Lake, and Tee-a-ko above it)
    • found: Canadian subject headings, via WWW, Apr. 18, 2006(West Road (Blackwater) River (B.C.). UF Blackwater River (B.C.), West Road River (B.C.). EQ West Road (Blackwater), Rivière (C.-B.))
    • found: Columbia gaz. of North Amer., via WWW, Apr. 18, 2006(Blackwater River, 140 mi/225 km, S central B.C., W Canada; rises in Coast Mts. W of Quesnel; flows E to Fraser R. 25 mi/40 km NW of Quesnel. Sometimes called West Road R.)
    • found: Geographical names of Canada database, via WWW, Apr. 18, 2006(West Road (Blackwater) River, B.C., river, location: Cariboo, 53⁰19ʹ00ʺN - 122⁰52ʹ00ʺW)
    • found: BC GNIS, via WWW, Apr. 18, 2006("Blackwater River (not Black River, nor West Road River)" adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. Changed to West Road River 7 February 1947 on 93/SW. Changed to "West Road (Blackwater) River" 4 March 1954 on 93C, to accomodate long-entrenched use of both names)

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    • 2006-09-14: new
    • 2006-09-18: revised

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