The Blaeberry River is a

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of the Columbia River in the

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, rising in the Canadian Rockies on the south side of Howse Pass and joining the Columbia midway between the town of

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, at the confluence of the

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, and the east foot of the Rogers Pass, at the head of

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and the mouth of the Beaver River. Its length is about . Known to explorer David Thompson in 1807 as Portage Creek, in 1811 another fur company explorer,

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, named it the "Blaeberry Torrent", after the abundant berry bushes seen lining its bank (these were likely huckleberries) - "Blae" is

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for "blue". The river has sometimes been incorrectly labelled the Blueberry River. Blaeberry Falls is on the lower reaches of the river, approximately up from its confluence with the Columbia.

Tributaries

*Ebon Creek *Parapet Creek *Wildcat Creek *Collie Creek *Ensign Creek *Mummery Creek *Martin Creek *Split Creek *Willowbank Creek *Redburn Creek *Hedberg Creek

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