Nechako 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 SE into Fraser River at Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°55'01"N, 122°42'52"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/15 |
| Related Maps: |
93F/10 93F/15 93F/16 93G/15 93K/1 93K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Nechaco River" adopted in the 1909 Gazetteer of British Columbia on 93G/15. Spelling changed 30 June 1910 to "Nechako River" in the 9th Report of Canada, also listed in the 10th Report and 18th Report. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Almost certainly from the Carrier word meaning "big river." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997, page 211. |
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Headwaters at 53 39 -124 57 on 93F/10. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |