Franklin River (Vancouver Island)
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Franklin River Owatchet |
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| location | Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada | |
| River system | Franklin River | |
| origin | Confluence of the outflow of Father and Son Lake with other source streams 49 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 124 ° 40 ′ 5 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the Sproat Narrows of Alberni Inlet Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 10 ″ N , 124 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ W 49 ° 6 ′ 10 ″ N , 124 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ W
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The Franklin River (originally Owatchet ) is a river on the island of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia , located between Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound . The Franklin River flows west into the Sproat Narrows of Alberni Inlet, south of the town of Port Alberni .
history
The Franklin River got its name during the Vancouver Island Discovery Expedition in 1864. The river was named after the British knight Selim Franklin, who was chairman of the expedition committee. However, his company was already operating on Vancouver Island in 1858. In 1911 Julius Bloedel, the agent of the settlers, and the Bloedel Stewart Welch Company began buying land on Vancouver Island for the purpose of logging. One of the largest logging operations in the world took place at their location on the Franklin River. Later in 1938, British Columbia became the first company to plant seedlings to reforest the deforested areas.
See also
literature
- Robert Brown: Vancouver Island. Exploration. 1864. Harries and Company, Victoria, Vancouver Island 1865, OCLC 14878363 , p. 22 ( babel.hathitrust.org - Lands Vault, plan P.2.T.67; accession NW 971.1 V, V225).
- GPV Akrigg, Helen Akrigg: British Columbia Place Names . 3. Edition. UBC Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7748-4170-2 ( books.google.de ).
Web links
- Place names - Franklin River at Natural Resources Canada (with map)
- BC Whitewater Rafting - Classified as a Class 4 course (In the gorge below Bamfield Road, more like 5+)