Nimpkish River

Coordinates: 50°33′59″N 126°58′55″W / 50.56639°N 126.98194°W / 50.56639; -126.98194 (Nimpkish River, mouth)
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Nimpkish River
The Nimpkish River below Nimpkish Lake
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictRupert Land District
RegionNorthern Vancouver Island
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Alston
 • coordinates50°01′04″N 126°14′07″W / 50.0177°N 126.2352°W / 50.0177; -126.2352 (Nimpkish River, source)
 • elevation1,415 m (4,642 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Broughton Strait
 • coordinates
50°33′59″N 126°58′55″W / 50.56639°N 126.98194°W / 50.56639; -126.98194 (Nimpkish River, mouth)
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length118.1 km (73.4 mi)

The Nimpkish River is a river in northern

Port McNeill, just southwest of the town of Alert Bay on Cormorant Island
.

Name origin

"Nimpkish" is an anglicization of the

'Namgis
.

See also

References