Kokish 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 Beaver Cove, SE of Englewood, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°31'52"N, 126°52'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92L/10 92L/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 May 1933 on Geological Survey sheet Nimpkish [now known as 'Namgis First Nation], as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 et seq, and as identified 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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According to Mungo Martin, Kokish is corrupted from the [Indigenous] word "Gwegis", meaning "place where river spreads" Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the Kwakiutl name for the ancient village site at the mouth of the river, k'wagis, meaning "notched beach". Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |