(Ne-hoi-al-pit-kwu.) Although British officials used this name, Kettle River was in popular use by 1860. The most likely name origin is from the Kettle Falls, which early explorers called "La Chaudiére" ("The Boiler"), because of the effervescent water. A possible alternative is the round holes, shaped like cauldrons, which water had hollowed out in the rocks.

Course

From its source at the outlet of Holmes Lake in the Monashee Mountains of British

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