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Your comment actually inspired me to look this up, and I learned a very interesting fact. The etymology of the name "Boise" is from the French boisé as in the adjective form of bois (wood/forest). So "wooded" or "forested". It was the name specifically given to the "wooded" River by French trappers, because, in contrast to everything else around it, it was surrounded by trees.
The urban canopy anywhere away from the river essentially dates back to European settlement.