- elevation 2,145 m (7,037 ft) - average 14.1 m/s (498 cu ft/s) Source Cariboo Mountains Mouth Fraser River | - elevation 686 m (2,251 ft) - min 0.592 m/s (21 cu ft/s) Province British Columbia Country Canada | |
- max 131 m/s (4,626 cu ft/s) | ||
The Doré River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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Map of Dor%C3%A9 River, Fraser-Fort George H, BC, Canada
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.
References
Doré River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA