Doré River

The Doré River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Doré River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cariboo Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	Cariboo Mountains
• coordinates	53°5′3″N 120°24′46″W[1]
• elevation	2,145 m (7,037 ft)[2]
Mouth	Fraser River
• location	Robson Valley
• coordinates	53°20′4″N 120°11′38″W[3]
• elevation	686 m (2,251 ft)[2]
Discharge
• location	gage 08KA001[4]
• average	14.1 m3/s (500 cu ft/s)[4]
• minimum	0.592 m3/s (20.9 cu ft/s)
• maximum	131 m3/s (4,600 cu ft/s)

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.^[3]

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.

See also

• List of rivers of British Columbia