Ingenika Mine
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW. of junction of Ingenika and Swannell Rivers, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°41'59"N, 125°11'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94C/11 |
| Related Maps: |
94C 94C/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 June 1953 on Map 94C, as establied on BC Map 1H, 1933, and BC Map 1L, 1940. Named in association with Ingenika River, Ingenika Cone, Ingenika Crag, and Ingenika Range. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file A.1.42. |
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"A Sekani word indicating that the low-lying kinnikinnick shrub (bearberry) is to be found along this river." From entry for Ingenika River. 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, page 137. |