Every lake, river, mountain, or other place of significance in Carrier territory has a traditional name. Here are the names of major sites.
English | Carrier | Literal Meaning |
---|---|---|
Aleza Lake | Tatsibun | waves lake |
Anahim Peak | Bes But'a | obsidian peak |
Bednesti | Betnesdai | he glutted himself on char |
Bella Coola River | 'Utnakoh | river of non-Athabascan Indians |
Binta Lake | Bet Ndat | skinny char |
Blackwater River | Tanilhtl'uz | muddy water |
Blanket Lake | Nalhti | blanket |
Burns Lake | Tselhk'azbunk'ut | hone lake |
Cheslatta Lake | Tsetl'adak Bunk'ut | Peak Rock Lake |
Chilako River | Tsalakoh | beaver paw river |
Chinese Rapids | Dzulh K'undut'az | mountain cut in two |
Cluculz Lake | Lhohk'uz | whitefish place |
Connaught Hill | 'Us'aicho | large it-is-located |
Cranbrook Hill | Khasdzoon Yusk'ut | Dwarf Maple Ridge |
Fort George Canyon | Tse Dulk'un | red rock |
Fraser Lake | Nadlehbun | (fish) run lake |
Fraser Mountain | K'atsizyus | smashed arrows mountain |
Fraser River | Lhtakoh | rivers within one another |
Giscome | Dalhjut | rotten |
Giscome Portage | Lhdesti | shortcut |
Hospital Creek | Duyunkoh | shaman creek |
Hudson Bay Slough | Niduluk | (driftwood) accumulates |
Knapp Lake | Belhk'a Bunk'ut | fertile lake |
Kluskus | Lhoosk'uz | Rocky Mountain whitefish place |
Mount Milligan | Shus Nadloh | wooded hill where fish run |
Mount Pope | Nak'al | mountain with a depression on top |
Mount Wells | Nahoolt'e' | ? |
Nation Lake | Tootibun | great water lake |
Nation River | Tootikoh | great water river |
Nautley | Nadleh | (fish) run |
Nechako River | Nechakoh | Blackwater people's river |
Necoslie | Nak'azdli | Stuart Lake outlet |
Nulki Lake | Noolhk'ai | island skewer |
Ootsa Lake | 'Oosa Bunk'ut | bucket lake |
Pinchie | Binche | mid-lake river mouth |
Pinchie Lake | Tesghabun | ? |
Portage | Yekooche | mouth of Yekoh |
Prince George | Lheidli | confluence |
Punchaw Lake | Buncho | large lake |
Purden Lake | 'Aghelhtoot | Carrier Lake [loan from Sekani] |
Sinkut Mountain | Tsink'ut | ochre mountain |
Six-Mile Lake | Lhewhyun | whitefish place |
South Fort George | Ts'untsila | at the end of the fir trees |
Sowchea | Tsaooche | beaver creek mouth |
Stony Creek (between Nulki and Tachick Lakes) | Saik'uzkoh | Saik'uz Creek |
Stony Creek (from Tachick Lake to the Nechako) | Khelhkoh | pack creek |
Stony Creek Village | Saik'uz | sand place |
Stuart Lake | Nak'albun | Mount Pope lake |
Stuart River | Nak'alkoh | Mount Pope river |
Tachick Lake | Tachek | river mouth |
Tachie | Tache | river mouth |
Tachie River | Duzdlikoh | driftwood river |
Takla Lake | Khelhghubun | load after lake |
Tezzeron Lake | Chuzghun | snowflake lake |
Trembleur Lake | Dzinghubun | day after lake |
Tweedsmuir Peak | Na'esdindai | it is way over there |
White Eye Lake | K'uninguz | (wind) drags back and forth |
Whitefish Lake | Bilhk'a | fertile |
Willow River Canyon | Bedinli K'elh'az | after Bedinli |
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