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Ashnola River

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29: 200:, a semi-authoritative work on the toponymy of British Columbia, says the original form of the name is that of the Indian village formerly at the Ashnola Indian Reserve, which in the modern spelling system of the 156:
flanking the river is the main, and virtually only, road access to the park. The locality of Ashnola was that of a mining camp from the days of the many gold rushes in the
145:. It has one main tributary, Ewart Creek, which is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) long and begins virtually at the border and is entirely within Cathedral Park. 403: 398: 393: 273: 373: 149: 227: 378: 264: 232: 269: 161: 383: 334: 113: 103: 388: 107: 325:, Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V, Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997. 153: 142: 28: 259: 289: 196:
magazine claims that the meaning of Ashnola is "white waters" but other sources say the meaning is unknown.
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SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971
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and also the site of the Ashnola Indian Reserve (attached to the
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website index, British Columbia Provincial Museum, item 14*04
110:. The river crosses the international boundary at 64: 56: 51: 43: 38: 21: 8: 90:, rising in the northeastern part of the 274:United States Department of the Interior 98:, United States, and flowing north into 33:Aerial view of the Ashnola River in 2017 282: 18: 404:Rivers of Okanogan County, Washington 399:International rivers of North America 148:A gravel road from its junction with 7: 394:North Cascades of Washington (state) 228:List of rivers of Washington (state) 265:Geographic Names Information System 233:List of rivers of British Columbia 14: 16:River in United States and Canada 27: 270:United States Geological Survey 1: 172:Older name-variants includes 162:Lower Similkameen Indian Band 374:Rivers of Washington (state) 323:British Columbia Place Names 313:magazine July-Aug 1971, p.14 198:British Columbia Place Names 420: 379:Rivers of British Columbia 143:Cathedral Provincial Park 26: 307:Wild Land of the Ashnola 180:(both from Lord, 1860), 168:Name variants and origin 47:United States and Canada 192:, 1871. An article in 66: • left 350:49.21667°N 119.96667°W 129:49.00000°N 120.32694°W 309:by Jennifer Maynard, 251:BC Geographical Names 355:49.21667; -119.96667 134:49.00000; -120.32694 384:Similkameen Country 346: /  158:Similkameen Country 152:at the locality of 125: /  52:Basin features 389:Canadian Cascades 291:Living Landscapes 202:Okanagan language 88:Similkameen River 76: 75: 71:Similkameen River 411: 361: 360: 358: 357: 356: 351: 347: 344: 343: 342: 339: 326: 320: 314: 304: 298: 287: 277: 255: 223:Ashnola Mountain 140: 139: 137: 136: 135: 130: 126: 123: 122: 121: 118: 100:British Columbia 67: 31: 19: 419: 418: 414: 413: 412: 410: 409: 408: 364: 363: 354: 352: 348: 345: 340: 337: 335: 333: 332: 330: 329: 321: 317: 305: 301: 288: 284: 260:"Ashnola River" 258: 246:"Ashnola River" 244: 241: 214: 186:Ashnoulou River 170: 133: 131: 127: 124: 119: 116: 114: 112: 111: 65: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 417: 415: 407: 406: 401: 396: 391: 386: 381: 376: 366: 365: 328: 327: 315: 299: 281: 280: 279: 278: 256: 240: 237: 236: 235: 230: 225: 220: 213: 210: 169: 166: 92:North Cascades 74: 73: 68: 62: 61: 58: 54: 53: 49: 48: 45: 41: 40: 36: 35: 32: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 416: 405: 402: 400: 397: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 377: 375: 372: 371: 369: 362: 359: 324: 319: 316: 312: 308: 303: 300: 297: 296: 292: 286: 283: 275: 271: 267: 266: 261: 257: 253: 252: 247: 243: 242: 238: 234: 231: 229: 226: 224: 221: 219: 216: 215: 211: 209: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 167: 165: 163: 159: 155: 151: 146: 144: 141:and transits 138: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 80:Ashnola River 72: 69: 63: 59: 55: 50: 46: 42: 37: 30: 25: 22:Ashnola River 20: 331: 322: 318: 310: 306: 302: 294: 290: 285: 263: 249: 218:Ashnola Pass 205: 204:is rendered 197: 193: 185: 181: 177: 173: 171: 150:BC Highway 3 147: 79: 77: 353: / 341:119°58′00″W 311:BC Motorist 194:BC Motorist 174:Nais-nu-loh 132: / 120:120°19′37″W 57:Tributaries 368:Categories 338:49°13′00″N 239:References 182:Ashtnoulou 117:49°00′00″N 96:Washington 178:Ashtnolow 104:Princeton 84:tributary 44:Countries 212:See also 184:(1861), 108:Keremeos 39:Location 206:Acnulox 154:Ashnola 86:of the 190:Trutch 60:  82:is a 176:and 106:and 78:The 164:). 94:in 370:: 272:, 268:. 262:. 248:. 208:. 188:, 276:. 254:.

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Similkameen River
tributary
Similkameen River
North Cascades
Washington
British Columbia
Princeton
Keremeos
49°00′00″N 120°19′37″W / 49.00000°N 120.32694°W / 49.00000; -120.32694
Cathedral Provincial Park
BC Highway 3
Ashnola
Similkameen Country
Lower Similkameen Indian Band
Trutch
Okanagan language
Ashnola Pass
Ashnola Mountain
List of rivers of Washington (state)
List of rivers of British Columbia
"Ashnola River"
BC Geographical Names
"Ashnola River"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
Living Landscapes website index, British Columbia Provincial Museum, item 14*04 SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971
49°13′00″N 119°58′00″W / 49.21667°N 119.96667°W / 49.21667; -119.96667
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