Quinsam River
| Language of origin | Salishan language family ʔayʔaǰuθəm language |
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Kʷənsəm |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Campbell River just E of John Hart Lake, within Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°02'14"N, 125°17'38"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/3 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/13 92F/14 92K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 January 1949 on 92F/14, as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 et seq (L.I. 13 June 1952). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office, file B.3.51 |
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Headwaters at 49 55 - 125 33 on 92F/13. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"From the Island Comox ... name meaning 'resting place.' The area was important for the Island Comox people since a special mask, known as xwayxway, was believed to have fallen here from the sky" (Information from entry for Quinsam Lake). 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, pp. 222. |