Baezaeko River
| 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 N. into West Road River, SE. of Kluskoil Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°08'05"N, 123°40'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/4 |
| Related Maps: |
93B/13 93C/15 93C/16 93G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1947 on 93/SW, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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An adaption of the traditional name; note that river in the Carrier language is "koh", hence this feature's name might approximate Baezae koh. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Derived from the Carrier word meaning "basalt river', with special reference to the black basalt from which the arrowheads were made. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |