| Language of origin | Algonquian language family Cree language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Murray River below Monkman Lake, SW of Tumbler Ridge (municipality), Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°51'40"N, 121°15'02"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/14 |
| Related Maps: |
93I/14 93I/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kinuseo Creek adopted 2 March 1951 on 93I/15, not Contrary Creek as labelled on BC map 1G, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in association with Kinuseo Falls, in turn a Cree word for 'fish', "....owing to the great numbers of trout both above and below the falls...." (February 1920 letter from S.Prescott Fay, Boston, to Geographic Board of Canada, describing trips he made in 1912-13-14; Ottawa file 0216). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The [Indigenous] word for Kinuseo Creek is Kisitchawan, meaning "water running home"; another name for it was "return springs" (December 1979 letter from Guy Moore to Geographical Names Board, Ottawa, file M.2.54)) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |