From this 1865 map by
McKay and this 1864 map compiled from John Arrowsmith's documents, it appears that Cranberry
River flowed from Cranberry Lake--near present-day Valemount--to the Fraser River
at Tete Juan Cache. However, it was renamed “McLennan River” in the 1870s, after a
Canadian Pacific surveyor.
1 A “Cranberry Creek” still exists in the area, which historically connected Cranberry
Lake and Mclennan River.
2