Blaeberry River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kootenay Land District |
Discharge1 Location: | above Willowbank Creek[1] |
Discharge1 Min: | 1.06m3/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 16.7m3/s[2] |
Discharge1 Max: | 137m3/s |
Source1: | Near Howse Pass |
Source1 Location: | Canadian Rockies |
Mouth: | Columbia River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 51.4238°N -117.0881°W |
The Blaeberry River is a tributary of the Columbia River in the Columbia Country of British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Canadian Rockies on the south side of Howse Pass and joining the Columbia midway between the town of Golden, at the confluence of the Kicking Horse River, and the east foot of the Rogers Pass, at the head of Kinbasket Lake and the mouth of the Beaver River. Its length is about 60km (40miles).
Known to explorer David Thompson in 1807 as Portage Creek, in 1811 another fur company explorer, Alexander Henry the younger, named it the "Blaeberry Torrent", after the abundant berry bushes seen lining its bank (these were likely huckleberries) - "Blae" is Scots language for "blue". The river has sometimes been incorrectly labelled the Blueberry River.
Blaeberry Falls is on the lower reaches of the river, approximately 7km (04miles) up from its confluence with the Columbia.