| 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 E into head of Finlay River, just S of Fishing Lakes, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°23'52"N, 126°33'02"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94E/7 |
| Related Maps: |
94E/6 94E/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Toodoggone River adopted November 1944 on 94/SW as labelled on BC map 1H, 1933; not "Thudegade Creek" as labelled on BC map 5A, 1917. Re-approved 17 January 1952 on 94E. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Adapted from the Sekani name for the river, Tuhda Ughane (Guzagi K'úgé, published by Kaska Tribal Council, Watson Lake, 1997). Origin/meaning not provided. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Corrected [Indigenous] name of Thudegade or Two Brothers River - means 'eagle nest'...." (c1944 notation on name card, by P.M. Monckton, BCLS) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From the Sekani word meaning “water’s arm.” 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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Headwaters at 57 20 - 127 27. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |