"Cranberry River (not Ankon River)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC maps 3M, 1916 and 1H, 1917. Cranberry River confirmed 4 November 1948 on 103 NE, and 6 August 1953 on 103 P.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Identified as "Konices River" in Poudrier's Report, 1891. Labelled "Ankon River" on 1912 Geological Survey map 69A, Route of part of Nass River, published from the 1893 surveys of J.McEvoy.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

The Nisga'a call the river Ksi W'iipdalks (referring to bog cranberry). A site where the historic Grease Trail [called by the Nisga'a Genim Sgeenix] crosses this river - and is still preserved in an undisturbed state - is of cultural and historic significance to the Nisga'a Nation; a 1-hectare site will be designated as a Provincial Heritage Site under the terms of the Nisga'a Final Agreement, Appendix F-1, effective 11 May 2000.

Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC

Another Nisga'a name for Cranberry River is Ksi Anxhoon, meaning "water where salmon is obtained".

Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC

The lower portion of this river is identified as Xsi'anxhon (where Xsi means river); upper reaches of this river are identifed as Xsi'anskeexs (Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed, Gitxsan Treaty Office, 1995).

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office