Doig River Peace River Regional District, British Columbia

River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. Flows SW into Beatton River, NE of Fort St. John, Peace River Land District

Mapped Location

Doig River: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Doig River

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Doig River

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Doig River Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Doig River

References to Doig River that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 14 March 1929 on 94SE, as labelled on BC map 3E, 1912, and on BC map 1H, 1917 (file H.3.28).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"The origin of the name is not known, however, it is likely a surname." (--- vol.4, p.57)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Place Names of Alberta, Alberta Geographical Names Program and Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society, University of Calgary Press, 4 volumes, 1991-1996.  |  Province of British Columbia

Origin/significance not known. Note that Osborne River (tributary to Doig River) appears on the same 1912 map, having been named by James Akins, DLS, after one G. Osborn, a chainman (survey assistant) on his 1911 survey in the Peace River Block; perhaps "Doig" was another member of Akins' party?

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Subsequently adopted on other BC and Alberta maps, and on Map of The Northwest Territories (Ottawa file OBF 1014).Headwaters in Alberta; flows into BC at 56 57-120 00.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Peace River Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01