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River in British Columbia, Canada
The Nimpkish River is a river in northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is the longest river on the Island, rising on the west slope
Nimpkish_River
Lake on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada
drainage basin of the Nimpkish River. List of lakes of British Columbia BC Names entry "Nimpkish Lake" BC Parks website infopage "Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park"
Nimpkish_Lake
First Nations government in British Columbia, Canada
ʼNamgis First Nation territory, however, spans the basin of the Nimpkish River and Nimpkish Lake and adjoining parts of the interior of northern Vancouver
ʼNamgis_First_Nation
Topics referred to by the same term
Nimpkish, a 1973 BC Ferry the Nimpkish River Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park, a part in the river's lower basin Nimpkish Lake, a lake in the river's basin
Nimpkish
Mountain range in Canada
Tsitika River and Kokish River Bonanza Range: Between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River by Bonanza Lake Sutton Range: Between Nimpkish River, White
Insular_Mountains
Indigenous ethnic group of the Pacific Northwest Coast
"Kwakʼwala-speaking-peoples". One exception is the Laich-kwil-tach at Campbell River: they are known as the Southern Kwakiutl, and their council is the Kwakiutl
Kwakwakaʼwakw
River Nimpkish River Nimpkish Lake Woss Creek Davie River Keogh River Quatsie River Tsuiquate River Shushartie River Nahwitti River Stranby River Campbell
List of rivers of British Columbia
List_of_rivers_of_British_Columbia
Whulk at the mouth of the Nimpkish River; the chief, Gwaʼ nalalis, was later transformed by Q!aʼneqe lak into the Nimpkish River. Coyote in mythology BCNames/GeoBC
Transformer_(spirit-being)
Largest island in British Columbia, Canada
Valley, the Nimpkish River in the North Island region, the Englishman River up island from Nanaimo near Parksville, and the Cowichan River whose basin
Vancouver_Island
Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
Canada, located in the area between the headwaters of the Nimpkish River and those of the White River. It has an area of 448 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver
Sutton_Range
Mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Canada, 29 km (18 mi) east of Gold River and 3 km (2 mi) south of Sutton Peak. The source of the Nimpkish River is on the west slope of Mount Alston
Mount_Alston
Mountain range on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia, Canada, located in the area between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River. It has an area of 150 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver
Bonanza_Range
Provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the lower Nimpkish River
Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the lower Nimpkish River. It is an undeveloped wilderness park
Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park
Lower_Nimpkish_Provincial_Park
Tatshenshini River Tagish Lake Atlin Lake Taku River Cheakamus River Elaho River Nimpkish River Somass River Shulaps Range Cayoosh Range Lillooet Ranges
List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas
List_of_placenames_of_Indigenous_origin_in_the_Americas
Neville) Whulk or xwalkw, also known as Cheslakees, at the mouth of the Nimpkish River Yalis (Alert Bay IR No. 1) Zalidis, near Glendale Cove List of Indian
List of Kwakwakaʼwakw villages
List_of_Kwakwakaʼwakw_villages
Former village on northern Vancouver Island
place crossewise", was a Kwakwaka'wakw village at the mouth of the Nimpkish River on northern Vancouver Island, which was a place of origin for some of
Whulk
Nicolum River, Nicolum River Provincial Park Nicomekl River – Halq'emeylem for "the route to go" or "the pathway". Nicomen Island Nimpkish River, from the
List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin
List_of_place_names_in_Canada_of_Indigenous_origin
Series of mountain ranges in Vancouver Island
Tsitika River and Kokish River. Bonanza Range: Between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River by Bonanza Lake. Sutton Range: Between Nimpkish River, White
Vancouver_Island_Ranges
Highway on Vancouver Island in British Columbia
Port McNeill. The highway then follows the eastern shore of Nimpkish Lake and the Nimpkish River through a long stretch of dense forest terrain for 64 km
British_Columbia_Highway_19
Provincial park in British Columbia, Canada
M/V Nimpkish in the BC Ferries fleet is named after the lake.[citation needed] Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park Nimpkish River BC Names entry "Nimpkish Lake
Nimpkish_Lake_Provincial_Park
Silverweed (Potentilla pacifica) and cloverfields at the mouth of the Nimpkish River. The Sto:lo regularly burned down terrain to make berries grow better
History of the Coast Salish peoples
History_of_the_Coast_Salish_peoples
Nicola River Nicomekl River Nimpkish Lake Nimpkish River Ningunsaw River Nitinat River Noaxe Creek Nomash River North Kwadacha River North Memkay River North
List of rivers of British Columbia (alphabetical)
List_of_rivers_of_British_Columbia_(alphabetical)
Steamship that operated from 1910 to 1913
settlement of the 'Namgis group of Kwakwaka'wakw at the mouth of the Nimpkish River also known as Whulk. The name Cheslakees is said to have been that of
Cheslakee
Southern Kwakiutl) Weewaikai (Cape Mudge) Wewaykum (Campbell River) Kwiakah Koskimo 'Namgis (Nimpkish) Haisla (Kitamaat) Henaksiala Heiltsuk (Bella Bella, at
List of First Nations peoples in Canada
List_of_First_Nations_peoples_in_Canada
North Coast North Okanagan Northern Rockies Okanagan-Similkameen Peace River qathet Squamish-Lillooet Stikine Region Strathcona Sunshine Coast Thompson-Nicola
List of British Columbia Provincial Parks
List_of_British_Columbia_Provincial_Parks
Defunct Canadian logging railroad
Columbia, the line ran 90 km (56 mi) from Vernon Lake, through Woss, and past Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park to Beaver Cove. It was the last operating logging
Englewood_Railway
Designated place in British Columbia, Canada
small village in the Nimpkish Valley, located 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Port McNeill and 128 km (80 mi) north of Campbell River on Highway 19, in northeastern
Woss
dry-docking the vessel for repairs. She was replaced by the smaller ferry Nimpkish. In April 2020, BC Ferries announced that Northern Sea Wolf would not run
List of BC Ferries accidents and incidents
List_of_BC_Ferries_accidents_and_incidents
Murtle Lake Nanaimo Lakes Nation Lakes Nechako Lakes Ness Lake Nicola Lake Nimpkish Lake Nimpo Lake Nitinat Lake Nuttlude Lake Lake O'Hara Lake Oesa Okanagan
List of lakes of British Columbia
List_of_lakes_of_British_Columbia
assigned to the Port McNeill–Sointula–Alert Bay route, replacing the MV Nimpkish. In 1985, the Ministry's coastal routes and ferries were transferred to
MV_Tenaka
Native American language family
/ Kwaḵ̓wala dialect (Bands of Gilford Island, Knight Inlet, Kwakiutl, Nimpkish, Alert Bay, Kincome Inlet) 'Nak̕wala / Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala dialect (also known
Wakashan_languages
Canadian writer and conservationist (1908–1976)
had expired. He remained in British Columbia for three years to work at Nimpkish Lake on Vancouver Island as a logger, a commercial fisherman and an occasional
Roderick_Haig-Brown
Provincial park in northeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
community of Woss Lake and southwest of Sayward. The park lies inside the Nimpkish Valley watershed. On October 28, 1977, the "Class A" park was officially
Schoen_Lake_Provincial_Park
Council Gold River-Tahsis Musqueam First Nation Musqueam Nation Xwméthkwyiem Coast Salish Halkomelem Vancouver 'Namgis First Nation Nimpkish Indian Band
List of First Nations governments in British Columbia
List_of_First_Nations_governments_in_British_Columbia
Spanish Navy officer
his name due to his marriage to a daughter of a chief of the Nuchimas (Nimpkish). Galiano admits to not understanding very well, but reports that Quicomacsia
Dionisio_Alcalá_Galiano
from the original on Dec 26, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018. "Powell River-Earls Cove ferry renamed Malaspina Sky". The Peak. 2019-10-24. Retrieved
List_of_BC_Ferries_ships
Nicholson Nicola Nimpkish Nimpo Lake Norgate (within the District of North Vancouver) North Bend North Bulkley North Campbell River North Delta (within
List of communities in British Columbia
List_of_communities_in_British_Columbia
667 Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park 50°32′15″N 127°00′40″W / 50.5375°N 127.01111111111°W / 50.5375; -127.01111111111 Lower Tsitika River Provincial
List of provincial parks of Vancouver Island
List_of_provincial_parks_of_Vancouver_Island
Type of boat built by Canadian boatbuilders during the Second World War
equipped with ASDIC sets for anti-submarine patrols in the St. Lawrence River and Pacific Coast. Learning "that the Admiralty was planning to build Type
Canadian Fairmile B motor launch
Canadian_Fairmile_B_motor_launch
Canadian physician
Alfred, the contemporary band manager for the 'Namgis First Nation (then "Nimpkish First Nation"), was one of Pickup's primary opponents, and was quoted as
Jack_Pickup
Canadian artist (1961)
and sculptor residing in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. She belongs to the Nimpkish band of the Kwakiutl First Nation. Barkhouse was born in Vancouver, British
Mary_Anne_Barkhouse
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English (now found mainly in northern Ireland)
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland) : habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Northamptonshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere. The one in Northamptonshire is Old English Ludingtūn ‘settlement (tūn) associated with Luda’ (a personal name of uncertain origin); that in Cornwood, Devon, is Old English Ludantūn ‘Luda’s settlement’; that in Lincolnshire is ‘pool settlement’, from Old English luh ‘pool’, and Lutton in North Yorkshire is ‘settlement on the river Hlūde’ (see Loud) or ‘Luda’s settlement’.
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Irish
Irish : shortened form of McMeans.English : habitational names from East and West Meon in Hampshire, which take their names from the Meon river. The word is Celtic but of uncertain meaning, possibly ‘swift one’.nickname from Middle English mene ‘inferior in rank’, ‘of low degree’ (from Old English gemǣne), or from Middle English mene ‘moderate in behaviour’ (from Old French mëen, mean).
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English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded in Domesday Book as Maneshale, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Mann + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’.
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Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English : from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri, mari ‘fame’ + rīc ‘power’.Scottish : habitational name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a road or river’.Irish : when not Welsh or English in origin, probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see Merry).
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Rivières, from the plural form of Old French rivière ‘river’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’, from Latin riparia). The absence of English forms without the final -s makes it unlikely that it is ever from the borrowed Middle English vocabulary word river, but the French and other Romance cognates do normally have this sense.Common Americanized form of French Larivière. ire.
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Shakespearean
King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl...
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English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the center of a village, from Middle English midde ‘mid’ + toun ‘village’, ‘town’.English : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and West Yorkshire, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ðe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
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English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, or possibly liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + man ‘man’.Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
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American, Australian, Japanese
River
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English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Momentary; Lord Rama's Ancestor; Spilt-second; Lord Vishnu
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English
English : habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the (river) Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old English as ‘Lēofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female personal name composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Lēofa’.
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from the Old English river name HlÅ«de (from hlÅ«d ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) referring to the Teme river + hlÄw ‘hill’. See also Laidlaw.Dutch : from the personal name Ludolph.
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English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or LÄ“ofeca, a derivative of LÄ“ofa (see Leaf 2).English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vÃk ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wÄ«c ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wÄ«c.Probably a respelling of Lovik.
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the river on which it stands. The place name is of obscure etymology, perhaps of ancient Welsh origin (compare Lauder), or from Old Norse lauðr ‘froth’, ‘foam’ + á ‘river’.
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English
English : habitational name from Louth in Lincolnshire, so called from its position on the river Lud (Old English Hlūde, meaning ‘the loud one’).Irish : when not of English origin (see 1), probably a reduced and altered form of McLeod. Compare McLouth.
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English
English : topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlÃð ‘slope’.English : habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name HlÌ„de (see Loud).English : from a medieval byname derived from Old English līðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
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Gaelic
Girl; lass.
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Greek
Slave of Achilles.
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Latin Polish
Red haired.
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Egyptian
Personification of the heat of the sun.
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Victorious
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Girl from Mathura and Its Neighbourhood
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Arabic, Muslim
Honest
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Babylonian
, the fourth antediluvian king of Babylon.
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Arabic, Australian, Indian, Malaysian
Victory; Won
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Indian, Sanskrit
Bound; Wealthy; Fortunate
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a.
Relating to nymphs; ladylike.
n.
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
n.
Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
a.
Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish.
n.
The quality or state of being a river.
n. pl.
A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
n. .
An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
v. t.
To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
n.
High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
adv.
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
a.
Having rivers; as, a rivery country.
a.
Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
n.
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
v. i.
To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
v. t.
To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river.
a.
Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.
n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
n.
The side or bank of a river.