Nahwitti 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 N into Goletas Channel, N of Holberg, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°51'30"N, 128°00'28"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 102I/16 |
| Related Maps: |
102I/16 92L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1947 on 102I/16 as listed in 1930 Gazetteer and as labeled on Reference Map 2C (1919) and Chart 3676 and as submitted by Hydrographic Services as an established name. May have previously been labelled as Nahwitte River (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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Recorded as being named in association with a local Indigenous nation, the Tlatlasikwala nation (formerly Nuwitti or Nahwitti), as was recorded in the Royal Commission of Indian Affairs. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |