Okanagan River
Okanagan River flows south from
Okanagan Lake to Osoyoos Lake, where it flows into the
Columbia River at Brewster, Washington. The name for the US section of the river is spelled as “Okanogan”
River. Early fur trading maps show the Okanagan River as Caledonia River.
Mentions of this place in the documents
Okanagan Okanagan Lake Rat Lake Douglas, James to Stanley, Edward Henry 10 June 1858, CO 60:1, no. 7828, 29. Douglas, James to Stanley, Edward Henry 15 June 1858, CO 60:1, no. 7830, 54. Shepherd,John to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 24 June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6090,
436. Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 13 July 1858, CO 6:26, no.
6804, 444. Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 25 October 1860, CO 60:8, no.
85, 232.
The Colonial Despatches Team.
Okanagan River. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871 , Edition 2.6, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria.
https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/okanagan_river.html .
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