Kinuseo Falls, waterfall in Monkman Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Kinuseo Falls is a waterfall on the Murray River in Monkman Provincial Park, British Columbia. The river drops 197 feet (60 metres), slightly taller than Niagara Falls but with less water volume. The falls lie 3 km from Kinuseo Falls Campground, reachable by trail or by driving.
The first written reference to Kinuseo Falls appears on a 1906 map compiled by Robert W. Jones for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The Fay expedition took the first known photographs in 1914, and Samuel Prescott Fay proposed the name in 1915 and again in 1920, initially spelled "Kinoosao Falls". Prentiss Gray made the first moving picture in 1927 or 1928.
The name comes from Samuel Prescott Fay, who in a February 1920 letter to the Geographic Board of Canada wrote that his party called the falls Kinoosao, meaning "fish" in Cree, for the many trout above and below them. The falls first appeared in writing on Robert W. Jones's 1906 map as Kinoosao Falls.
The falls lie 3 km from Kinuseo Falls Campground in Monkman Provincial Park; a trail connects the campground to the falls, though many visitors drive instead. The campground also serves as the departure point for those continuing along the Monkman Pass Trail. There is no road access from the Prince George side of the Rocky Mountains, so approach from Tumbler Ridge to the north.
The falls were first photographed by the Fay expedition of 1914, and Prentiss Gray made the first moving picture here in 1927 or 1928. The name was initially written "Kinoosao Falls" on a map before settling as Kinuseo.
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