Holmes River, formerly Beaver River, is an unincorporated settlement in the

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of east-central

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, located at the confluence of the river of the same name with the

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, near the village of

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. The name Beaver River was used as the name of a local school, Beaver River School. The name Beaver River is thought to derive from the name of a rock formation near the confluence of the Fraser and the Holmes (Beaver) Rivers, although there is a mountain in the

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just east and overlooking the area called "The Beaver". The name Holmes River was conferred in 1913 to honour Albert W. Holmes, provincial forest ranger at McBride.

References

Canadian GeoNames Database entry "Beaver River (Unincorporated area, Cariboo Land District)"
* *{{Cite bcgnis, 50073, Beaver River

External links

Canadian GeoNames Database "Beaver River (Unincorporated area, Cariboo Land District)"
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Robson Valley Populated places in the Regional District of Fraser–Fort George Populated places on the Fraser River