Chinchaga 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 NE across BC-Alberta boundary into Hay River, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°19'18"N, 120°00'00"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94H/8 |
| Related Maps: |
94H/1 94H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 54 (Ottawa file OBF 0868). "Chinchaga River (not South Branch Hay River)" confirmed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Chinchaga is a Beaver [Dane-Zaa] word reported in 1901 by William Ogilvie, meaning "beautiful" or "wonderful" river. (from Alberta Place Names, 1928) Source: Place Names of Alberta, Alberta Geographical Names Program and Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society, University of Calgary Press, 4 volumes, 1991-1996. |
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Mouth in Alberta at 58 53 - 118 20 on 84L/16. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |