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Doré River

The Doré River is a tributary of the in the Canadian province of . 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.
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Photo: Rufus Hawthorne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: River
  • Description: left tributary of Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Dore River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include McBride/Charlie Leake Field Aerodrome and McBride station.

Aerodrome
is on the southwest side of the about 1 nautical mile north-northwest of , Canada.

Railway station
Photo: Dave O, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in . The station is served by Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include McBride.

Photo: The Interior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the region of , Canada. The village is located 210 km southeast of , and 166 km west of .

Doré River

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
way 191863112
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
5941792
Wiki­data ID
Q270430
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Satellite Map

Discover Doré River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Dore”
  • Spanish: “Doré”
  • Swedish: “Doré River”
  • Urdu: “ڈورے دریا”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Doré”
  • Welsh: “Afon Doré”
  • “Doré”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Doré River”. Photo: Rufus Hawthorne, CC BY-SA 4.0.