British Columbia. River: Fraser River drainage
Flows SW into River E of Tête Jaune Cache
53.0272 N 119.2581 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SW into River E of Tête Jaune Cache
53.0272 N 119.2581 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
This river appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 &1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 A (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 &1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 A (surveyed in 1924)
The Robson River was called “Grand River” in early journals. Its confluence with the Fraser was called the Grand Forks of the Fraser, a translation of the voyageur name Grande Fourche.
Pierre Bostonais dit “Tête Jaune” [d. 1827] had his fur cache somewhere in the vicinity of the Grand Forks, not at the present Tête Jaune Cache, which is near the mouth of the McLennan River.
References:
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “A. L. Mumm — An Appreciation.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 16 (1927–1927):173-175
- Harvey, Athelstan George [1884–1950]. “The mystery of Mount Robson.” B.C. Historical Quarterly, (1937)
- Story, Norah. The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967
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