| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Skeena River, N of Hazelton, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°41'50"N, 127°41'36"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93M/12 |
| Related Maps: |
93M/10 93M/11 93M/12 93M/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia, etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The upper reaches of this river were once identified as "Simpson River" (map/document title or date not cited) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Babine was the name applied by Northwest Company voyageurs to a sub-tribe of the Carrier Indians, on account of their habit of wearing "lip" ornaments. See also Babine Lake, for further information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |