Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G/10, as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Name required for geology reporting purposes; in the absence of any known local name, Geological Survey chose "Cartoona", after an old Tahltan Shaman in the area around 1904-1906.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office