| 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 NE from Alaska into BC, then NW into Iskut River, NW of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°41'44"N, 131°18'24"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/11 |
| Related Maps: |
104B/11 104B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Craig River adopted in 1930 on Geological Survey sheet 311A, Stikine River Area, as labelled on BC map 5C, Stikine River, 1929; not "South Fork Iskut River" as labelled on International Boundary (BC-Alaska) sheet #5, 1927. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Craig (S.Fork Iskut) River" on BC map 5C, 1929. Headwaters in Alaska in the vicinity of 56° 27' - 131° 25'; crosses into British Columbia at 56° 29' 30" - 131° 17' 30" on 104B/6. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after John Davidson Craig, BA, BSc, DLS, engineer in charge of international boundary surveys in the vicinity of Unuk River, 1905; Whiting River, 1906; Bradfield River, 1907; Iskut River, 1908, and Salmon River, 1920. J.D. Craig was appointed Boundary Commission for His Britannic Majesty, 7 May 1925. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |