Kiskatinaw River
| 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 N then NE into Peace River, W of Dawson Creek (city), Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°05'25"N, 120°09'54"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94A/1 |
| Related Maps: |
93P/1 93P/10 93P/15 93P/16 93P/2 93P/8 93P/9 94A/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kiskatinaw River adopted 14 March 1929 as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917. Confirmed 24 October 1945 on 94SE and 6 September 1951 on 94A/SE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kiskatinaw is the Cree name for the river, and means "cutbank". Had been labelled "Cutbank River" on early maps (titles/dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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River flows through map sheets from 93P/2 to 93P/1 to 93P/8 to 93P/9 to 93P/10 to 93P/15 to 93P/16 to 94A/1. Headwaters at 55 02 - 120 41 on 93P/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |