| 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 SE into Omineca Arm, Williston Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°07'51"N, 124°27'57"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94C/1 |
| Related Maps: |
94C/1 94C/2 94C/5 94C/6 94C/7 94D/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 March 1924 on 94C/1 as listed in 1915 Gazetteer and as labeled on Reference Map 1H "B.C., Northern" (1917). May have previously been labeled as Raft River (Morice Map, 1907), Mesalinca River (maps/dates not cited), or Stranger River (Reference Map 51). Application altered 14 June 1974 to move headwaters of river from 56 07 - 124 27 to 56 08 - 124 29. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Adapted from the Sekani name for the river, Masali Gàh (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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"Mesilinka" is recorded as being an Indigenous word meaning "stranger" (origin/source not cited). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |