Nitinat River
| Language of origin | Wakashan language family Ditidaht-Pacheedaht 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 SW into Nitinat Lake, thence S into Pacific Ocean, SW of Cowichan Lake, Renfrew Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°49'16"N, 124°40'54"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/15 |
| Related Maps: |
92C/10 92C/15 92F/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 92F/2 as a well-established name. For origin, see Nitinat Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwater channel mis-labelled "East Fork Nitinat River" on MacMillan Bloedel's recreation guide to their Cameron Division, 1974. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |