Doré River
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.
- Type: River
- Description: left tributary of Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Dore” and “Dore River”
Places of Interest
Highlights: McBride/Charlie Leake Field Aerodrome and McBride station.
McBride station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McBride.
Doré River
- Categories: stream and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.32365° or 53° 19′ 25″ north
Longitude
-120.21693° or 120° 13′ 1″ west
Elevation
711 metres (2,333 feet)
Open location code
945X8QFM+F6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Doré River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Doré”
- Cebuano: “Doré River”
- German: “Doré River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Doré”
- Spanish: “Doré”
- Swedish: “Doré River”
- Urdu: “ڈورے دریا”
- Venetian: “Fiume Doré”
- Welsh: “Afon Doré”
- “Doré”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lamming Mills and Eddy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Doré River and Doré River.
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