Moyeha River
| Language of origin | Not defined: Indigenous origin |
| 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 SW into Moyeha Bay at head of Herbert Inlet, Clayoquot Sound, N of Tofino, Clayoquot Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°25'06"N, 125°54'29"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Moyeha River adopted 3 April 1934 on C.340, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Also Moyeha Bay Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"East Fork Moyeha River, now Moyeha River (not Moyahut)" identified 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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Reported to a First Nation word, if not the First Nation name for the feature (H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, 1924). [compare with Moyehai IR 23 adjacent to the bay.] Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |