Lillooet 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 SE through Lillooet Lake into Harrison Lake, New Westminster Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 49°44'49"N, 122°08'44"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92G/9
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Other Recorded Names:
Liĺwat River
Origin Notes and History:

Lillooet River adopted 26 June 1911, as labelled on A.C. Anderson's 1849 map, et seq. See Lillooet (municipality) for origin information.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

nkúkwtsa is the Ucwalmícwts name - the language of the Lower Lillooet people - for the portion of Lillooet River below Lillooet Lake (June 2007 advice from Maurice DePaoli, Cultural Researcher and Heritage Resources Advisor for In-SHUCK-ch Nation.) [Pronunciation and origin information to follow.]

Source: included with note

See the name record for 'Liĺwat River' for more information on the UcwalmÌcwts name for Lillooet River.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.