Duncan River (other)
Duncan River may refer to: Canada * Duncan River (British Columbia) *Duncan River (rivière le Renne tributary), in Acton Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Quebec New Zealand *Duncan River (New Zealand), in the West Coast region of the South Island See also * Duncan Creek (other) * Duncan (other) * River (other) A river is a flowing body of water. River may also refer to: Places * River, Indiana, former name of San Pierre, US *River, Kent, a village and civil parish in Kent, England * River, West Sussex, a hamlet in England * River Township, Red Lake Co ...

Duncan River (British Columbia)
The Duncan River is in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Entering the North Arm of Kootenay Lake, the river is a major tributary of the Kootenay River, which in turn flows into the Columbia River. The Selkirk Mountains lie to the west and the Purcell Mountains to the east. Name origin The earliest known mention of the river name was 1889 in honour of John (Jack) Duncan, a prospector and candidate for the colonial Legislative Council from the Kootenay Land District in 1866. Duncan Lake, which divides the upper and lower parts of the river, takes its name from the latter. The lake was called Ecclesion by Father De Smet on his 1846 map, Upper Kootenay by Moberly around 1866 and Trutch in 1871, Upper Kootenai on government maps in 1890, and Howser by John Retallack and Duncan by Perry in 1893. The name Duncan had prevailed for the lake by 1912 and Howser for the community by 1905. River traffic Thousands of years ago, prior to reclamation by silting, t ...
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