Kokish River

The Kokish River is a river on Northern Vancouver Island, flowing north into Beaver [Cove (British Columbia)|Beaver Cove]. The community of Beaver Cove, [British Columbia|Beaver Cove] is near the river's mouth, as was the former logging camp of Englewood. The community of Kokish is also on Beaver Cove, but on its southeast shore away from the river-mouth.

Name origin

Kokish is an adaptation of k'wagis, meaning "notched beach", the name of a former village at the mouth of the river. Another meaning given by artist and chief Mungo Martin is that Kokish is a corruption of the Kwak'wala word, Gwegis, for "place where river spreads". Kokish can also be taken to mean a place where two rivers run together.