Toquaht River
[tow kwat]
| 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 Toquaht Bay, N side of Barkley Sound, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°02'08"N, 125°21'27"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Toquart River adopted 17 July 1945 on C.3627, not "Toquart Creek" as labelled on BC Lands' map 2A, 1913 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Spelling changed to Toquaht River 1 April 2011, per the provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Important Toquaht villages and fishing sites were located along this river. (advice from Toquaht Elder Anne Mack, shared November 2010) Source: included with note |