Oweekeno Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia

First Nation Village - A village or community inhabited primarily by members of the same First Nation. N side Wannock River, between Owikeno Lake and head of Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District

Mapped Location

Oweekeno: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Oweekeno

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Oweekeno

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Oweekeno Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Oweekeno

References to Oweekeno that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 14 April 1998 on 92M/11, the spelling as identified on Oweekeno Nation letterhead (file F.1.68)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"...the O-wee-kay-no tribe of Indians live at the head of Rivers Inlet..." (Walbran, British Columbia Coast Names, 1909). Identified as "Owekano Tribe" in the 1916 Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia. See Owikeno Lake.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

Several meanings have been advanced...an early one was 'portage makers' or 'those who carry on the back' referring to the Indians making the portage between Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake. A more recent translation is 'right-minded people' or 'people talking right.'

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Central Coast Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26