Doré River Explained

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.

Course

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived Hydrometric Data Search . Water Survey of Canada . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20101224123010/http://www.wsc.ec.gc.ca/applications/H2O/HydromatD-eng.cfm . dead . 24 December 2010 . 4 August 2013 . Search for Station 08KA001 Dore River near McBride
  2. Web site: Archived Hydrometric Data Search . Water Survey of Canada . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20101224123010/http://www.wsc.ec.gc.ca/applications/H2O/HydromatD-eng.cfm . dead . 24 December 2010 . 4 August 2013 . Search for Station 08KA001 Dore River near McBride
  3. Derived using topographic maps and TopoQuest.
  4. Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS coordinates.