Sakumtha 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 S into Dean River, N of Bella Coola, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°51'28"N, 126°44'40"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/15 |
| Related Maps: |
93D/15 93E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 93/SW as an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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According to Joseph Saunders, Sakumtha is the Kimsquit name, meaning "to wade across" (Field Officer B.L. Anderson, Ottawa file 93D). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |