| 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 S through Telhiqox Biny (lake) then SW and S into head of Bute Inlet, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°55'51"N, 124°51'36"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/15 |
| Related Maps: |
92K/15 92N/10 92N/15 92N/16 92N/2 92N/7 92N/8 92N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Homathko River adopted 26 June 1911, applying to the channel labelled "East Branch (Homathko River)" on BC map 1G, 1916. [the channel labelled "West Branch (Homathko River)" has since been named Mosley Creek.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the Mainland Comox Indian word meaning "swift water" 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 |
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Named after an [Indigenous] tribe on Bute Inlet. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Rises in an unnamed lake at 51 42 39 - 124 36 15 within 92N/20 map area, and flows northeast for a few miles before looping southerly and flowing through Tatlayoko Lake... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |