Entiako 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 NE into Euchu Reach, Natalkuz Lake (Nechako Reservoir), Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°24'36"N, 125°16'08"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93F/6 |
| Related Maps: |
93C/13 93F/4 93F/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1947 on 93/SW as a well-established name, and as labelled on BC Lands' map 1G, 1916, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The lower channel (between Entiako Lake and Natalkuz Lake) is labelled "Kestachie River" and the channel above Entiako Lake is labelled "Uhlgaco River" on Map of British Columbia - Northern, 1893. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Headwaters at 52 59 - 125 42 on 93C/13. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |