British Columbia. Falls: Fraser River drainage
Robson River, between Berg and Kinney lakes
53°07’00” N 119°12’00” W — Map 83E/3 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1911 (Wheeler)
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
Robson River, between Berg and Kinney lakes
53°07’00” N 119°12’00” W — Map 83E/3 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1911 (Wheeler)
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
White Falls
William James Topley, 1914
Library and Archives Canada
Describing the course of the Robson River below the Falls of the Pool, Arthur Oliver Wheeler wrote, “the river proceeds on its way still deep in a rock canyon, to the last line of cliffs, down which it leaps in a great curve of foam. ‘The White Fall’ would be an appropriate name.”
References:
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The Alpine Club of Canada’s expedition to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass and Mount Robson region, 1911.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 4 (1912):9-80. Alpine Club of Canada
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945], and Cautley, Richard William [1873–1953]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Part iii-a. topographical surveys of the watershed. 1922, 1923, 1924. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925. Whyte Museum
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