Doré River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Cariboo Land District |
Discharge1 Location: | gage 08KA001[1] |
Discharge1 Min: | 0.592m3/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 14.1m3/s[2] |
Discharge1 Max: | 131m3/s |
Source1: | Cariboo Mountains |
Source1 Coordinates: | 53.0842°N -120.4128°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2145m (7,037feet) |
Mouth: | Fraser River |
Mouth Location: | Robson Valley |
Mouth Coordinates: | 53.3344°N -120.1939°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 686m (2,251feet)[4] |
The Doré River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
According to a trapper named Jack Damon, the river was originally called Fifty Mile Creek and was given the name doré, French for "golden", by a Norwegian prospector named Olson.
The Doré River originates in the Cariboo Mountains, flowing generally north to join the Fraser River in the Robson Valley portion of the Rocky Mountain Trench just north of McBride.