Baezaeko River
Language of origin Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Dakelh, Carrier language
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 West Road River, SE. of Kluskoil Lake, Cariboo Land District
Tags: Indigenous
Latitude-Longitude: 53°08'05"N, 123°40'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 93G/4
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 7 February 1947 on 93/SW, as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer.

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

An adaption of the traditional name; note that river in the Carrier language is "koh", hence this feature's name might approximate Baezae koh.

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

Derived from the Carrier word meaning "basalt river', with special reference to the black basalt from which the arrowheads were made.

Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997