Toad River adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada 25 November 1944 on 94NW, as labelled on Jorgensen's 1895 map of British Columbia, and on BC Lands' map 1H, 1917 etc.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

The traditional name is Tsal-eh-chesi (c1952 notation on BC name card)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

John McLeod, HBC clerk 1832-1834, on his trip upriver July 19, 1831 wrote: "Toad River falls into the West Branch [of the Liard] on the left shore, and is at its entrance about 40 Yards across but shallow and Rapidous; it derives its appellation from the number of Toads seen along its banks and some are of immense size; I have seen some which weighed upwards of a pound, and the Indians inform me there are some to be seen of a much larger size." (courtesy of Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg; from Fort Simpson Journal 1831, B200/a/14 fos.4d & 5.) See also Dec 1992 letter (file T.1.52) and accompanying documentation from Hudson's Bay Company Archives. See also "Fur Trade and Exploration; Opening the Far Northwest 1821-1852" by Theodore Karamanski; University of Oklahoma Press; 1988; p.97.

Source: included with note