Telkwa River
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Nadut’en-Witsuwit’en 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 NE into Bulkley River just SE of Smithers, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°41'43"N, 127°03'13"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1924 on 93L/11 as an established name as listed in 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915 Gazeteers and on Reference Map 3D "Bulkley" (1913, 1922). May have previously been labeled as Telqua (maps/dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Telkwa recorded as being an anglicization of an Indigenous word meaning "river flows west". Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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See Telkwa (village) for information on name origin. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |