The Nadina River is a river in Range 4 Coast Land District, British Columbia, Canada, at 53° 58' 59" N - 126° 31' 0" W. It feeds into François Lake

Francois Lake

François Lake is a lake located in British Columbia about 30 kilometers south of Burns Lake and 10 kilometers west of Fraser Lake. The lake is 110 kilometers long and is the second longest natural lake entirely within British Columbia after Babine Lake. Nadina River is the inflow of the lake at the...

 at its west end. François Lake is about 30 km (18.6 mi) south of Burns Lake

Burns Lake, British Columbia

thumb|309px|right|Burns Lake's welcome signBurns Lake is a rural village in the North-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, incorporated in 1923...

 on Highway 35.

Name origin

The name is derived from that of Nadina Mountain, which is near its source, the name of which means "standing up alone" in the Carrier language

Carrier language

The Carrier language is a Northern Athabaskan language. It is named after the Dakelh people, a First Nations people of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, for whom Carrier is the usual English name. People who are referred to as Carrier speak two related languages. One,...

. The river's actual name in Carrier, not adopted by the goegraphical names board, is "Nadinako".

Settlement of Nadina River

A post office and settlement at the west end of François Lake, abandoned in the 1960s, was also named Nadina River.