| 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 E into W end François Lake, S of Houston, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°58'40"N, 126°30'06"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93E/15 |
| Related Maps: |
93E/14 93E/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Nadina River (not Nadinaka nor Nadinalo)" Adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906; re-approved 15 July 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 376A, and 13 March 1947 on 93/SW (file T.1.36). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Na-di-na-ko River" on 1879 Geological Survey of Canada map of BC & NWT: Pacific Ocean to Fort Edmonton, and on 1893 BC Lands map of the Northern Coast of British Columia; labelled "Nadinaka River" on 1903 BC Lands map of British Columbia. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In association with the solitary and prominent mountain at its' source, Na-di-na, "standing up alone". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In spite of the long-established name Nadinako ("water coming from Nadina") - undoubtedly a name he would have known through his long years in the area - Father A.G. Morice, OMI, labelled this "Mazenod River" on his 1907 Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, probably a gesture toward a Jesuit personage or patron of the church. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |