| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Neaksagilaguaw Creek |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE through Kitsumkaylum IR 1 into Skeena River, just W of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°31'19"N, 128°40'03"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Neaksagilaguaw Creek adopted 6 September 1978 on 103I-J, as proposed by the DINA Agent at Terrace. Spelling corrected to Eneeksaguilaguaw Creek in BC records 13 December 1978, as instructed by the Geographical Names Secretariat, being the spelling that was approved 30 November 1978 by Dept of Indian & Northern Affairs (DINA file N-1165-171-103). BC file T.1.48 Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Ne-aksa-gilagauw Creek is the name provided 5 September 1973 by Water Management Branch (map, file T.1.48), being the spelling on the water licence issued for use on Kitsumkaylum IR 1 (WR file 0296963). This water source has been diverted eastward to a storage pond, and may now drain into the mouth of Kistumkalum River, rather than directly into the Skeena River. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Eneeksaguilaguaw means "where the robins go to drink water." (20 December 1978 advice from Dept. of Indian & Northern Affairs, file T.1.48) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |