Taleomey 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 W. into South Bentinck Arm, SW. of Stuie, Range 3, Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°01'35"N, 126°40'58"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/2 |
| Related Maps: |
92M/16 93D/1 93D/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 March 1947 on 93/SW, as established on BC Provincial Map 2E, 1924, and in 1930 Gazetteer of Canada. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Taleomey is a modification of the name of the Talhyumuc ( or Talyumc) people, a subgroup of the Nuxalk First Nation, who once inhabited south Bentinck Arm. They knew the arm as Ats’aaxlh and had a large winter village, called Talyu, at the river’s mouth. Substantial log-booming grounds are located nearby. The narrows take their name from the river, as do the Taleomey Glacier and Tower. Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009. |