The Coal River runs from southern Yukon , Canada, into northern British Columbia , Canada, where it flows into the Liard River at historic milepost 533 of the Alaska Highway (Highway 97). It was originally named Charles River in 1831, after John Charles of the Hudson's Bay Company . When Canadian explorer-geologist Richard George McConnell visited the river in 1887, he noted deposits of low grade lignite that had been brought down by the river.
3-669: Coal River may refer to: Rivers Coal River (Canada) , in Yukon and British Columbia Coal River (Fiordland) , in New Zealand Coal River (Canterbury) , in New Zealand Coal River (West Virginia) , in the United States Coal River (Tasmania) , in Australia Other Coal River (book) , a 2008 nonfiction book about mountaintop removal mining in
6-665: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Coal River (Canada) This river hosts a series of class 5 and 6 rapids, but the start of the river is not accessible by road—only the bottom end can be reached by an automobile. Where the Coal River runs into the Liard river stands the Coal River Lodge, which contains an RV park , motel, cafe, gas station , 370-metre (1,200 ft) airstrip, and gift shop. The "community" of Coal River has
9-683: The United States Coal River was the early name for the Australian settlement which became Newcastle, New South Wales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Coal River . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coal_River&oldid=945139189 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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