| 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 NW into Skeena River near mouth, SE of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°09'57"N, 129°57'30"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/4 |
| Related Maps: |
103H/13 103H/14 103I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Ecstall River adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as identified on British Admiralty Charts from the 1860s. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Variously spelled Hocsall, Hockstall, Huckstall, Huxstall, Oxstall.... Ecstall is a Tsimshian word meaning "something from the side" in the context of a tributary - the Skeena being the main stream. The same word is used in conversation, as we would use the expression "a side issue" - it is a wide stream with very little current, but not navigable except for flatbottomed craft, and is reported to extend nearly to Douglas Channel."(c1924 notations on BC name card) Extent of mouth provided July 1971 by Hydrographic Service (file H.1.27) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The [Indigenous] pronunciation is Ucstall, the Uc very short, hardly sounded, the full stress on last syllable with a long aa. (file 0015) Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |