BC Geographical Names

Chilanko River

Feature Type:	Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river.
Status:	Not official Lookup the official name
Relative Location:	Flows S into Chilcotin River above junction of Chilcotin and Chilko Rivers, Cariboo Land District
Latitude-Longitude:	52°06'54"N, 123°41'04"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum:	WGS84
NTS Map:	93B/4
Related Maps:	93B/4 93C/1 93C/2

Origin Notes and History:

Chilanko River adopted in the 9th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1910; not "Chilanco River" as had been spelled on Trutch's 1871 map of BC, etc. Name changed to Tsalhanqox 11 June 2020 on 93B/4 as recommended by the Tŝilhqot'in National Government as this is the Tŝilhqot'in name for this creek and supported by Cariboo Regional District, Rec Sites and Trails BC, and the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium.

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

From a Chilcotin word meaning "many beaver 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

'Chilanko' is an anglicization of this name (Advice from Tŝilhqot’in National Government, 2018). See name record for 'Tsalhanqox,' the Tŝilhqot’in name for Chilanko River, for more information on the name origin.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.