Ningunsaw River
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān 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 NW into Iskut River, S of Bob Quinn Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°56'23"N, 130°20'59"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 104B. Previously adopted July 24, 1945 on 104/SE. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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From a Tahltan word meaning "rock under ground." 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 |