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Fishing on Bonaparte River

Canada, BC, Kamloops Division Yale Land
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The river's name first appears on a map made in 1827 by Archibald McDonald of the Hudson's Bay Company. The name probably honors Napoleon Bonaparte, who died in 1821. The Secwepemc name for the river is Kluhtows, which means "gravelly river"
Length:150[km]
Road Access:From Clinton travel north on Hwy 97 approximately 23kms. Turn southeast onto Chasm road and follow for 1 km. Turn east onto Clinton Loon Lake road (3400) and travel 20km to the Bonaparte River 
Source :Couture Lake
Lattitude:50.8180847167969
Longitude:-121.329742431641
Elevation:1510[m]
City:Cache creek
Mouth :Thompson River
Lattitude:50.7391662597656
Longitude:-121.258613586426
Elevation:350[m]
City:Ashcroft
Fish Species  
 
Salmon, Kokanee  Salmon, Pink
Salmon, Coho  Salmon, Chinook
Trout, Rainbow  Whitefish, Mountain
Trout, Bull  Trout, Brook
Peamouth Chub  
   
 
Shiner, Redside  Dace, Longnose
Dace, Leopard  Pikeminnow, Northern
Sucker, Longnose  Chub, Lake
Sucker, Bridgelip  Sucker, Largescale
TributaryLat/Lon | Connected  
 
Cache Creek50.8 -121.3  Inflow  
Grant Lake51.2 -120.4  Linked  
Thompson River50.5 -121.0  Mouth  
TributaryLat/Lon | Connected  
 
Couture Lake51.1 -120.4  Source  
Rayfield River51.3 -121.0  Inflow  
Close ByLat/Lon |    
 
Estelle Lake51.2 -120.4  5 km  
Gnawed Lake50.4 -121.0  5 km  
Hoover Lake51.1 -120.4  5 km  
Pinerock Lake51.2 -120.4  1 km  
Witches Brook50.5 -121.0  5 km  
Lakes and RiversLat/Lon |    
 
Dagger Lake51.2 -120.4  5 km  
Frogpond Lake51.2 -120.4  1 km  
Home Lake51.3 -121.0  5 km  
Lloyd Lake51.2 -120.4  5 km  
Mollimarn Lake51.2 -120.5  5 km  
Last NewsDate | Source
 
Flood warning issued for Bonaparte River, nearly 200 Cache Creek homes on evacuation alert04/07/2020   radionl   
Last NewsDate | Source
 
Thompson steelhead trapped at bottom of Bonaparte River fishway11/04/2019   ashcroftcachecreekjournal   

Last change: 2023-07-24