Ts'uniʔad Biny
[Tsoo-nee-ad Bee]
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tŝilhqot’in language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Tsuniah LakeOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Expansion of Tsuniah Creek, East of North end of Tŝilhqox Biny (lake), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°32'27"N, 124°05'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tŝilhqot’in name meaning "lake at Ts’uniʔad" (Advice from Tsilhqot'in National Government, 2018). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Ts’uniʔad" is a Tŝilhqot’in proper noun roughly translated as 'spruce leading/growing down [towards the lake]'. "Ts’uniʔad" refers to Tsuniah Lake as well as the wider area (Advice from Tsilhqot'in National Government, 2018). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |