| 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 NW into Bella Coola River above Hagensborg, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°24'38"N, 126°29'19"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/8 |
| Related Maps: |
93D/1 93D/8 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Nootsatsum River identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Spelling changed to Nusatsum River 13 March 1947 on 93/SW. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
|
Various phonetic spellings on Ref Map 12A and other early maps for Nusatsum Mountain and Nusatsum River: Nootsatsum, Noosatum, Nutsatsum, Nusatsum..... The spelling that most closely resembles pronunciation would be "Nusatsum" according to August 1946 letter from F.C. Swannell, BCLS, and R.P. Bishop, BCLS, to Surveyor-General, Ottawa. (files T.1.37 and O.1.46) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
|
According to Joseph Saunders, a Kimsquit man, the name means "where spring salmon spawn" (Topographic Survey field officer B.L. Anderson; Names List p.2, Ottawa file 93D.) Headwaters in the vicinity of 52° 12' 45" x 126° 15' 50" on 93D/1. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |