Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
Feature Type:Regional District - A division of the province incorporated as a regional district.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: From Dease Lake S to Klemtu, except Prince Rupert area
Latitude-Longitude: 55°19'59"N, 129°00'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 103P/7
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Origin Notes and History:

Incorporated as Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine 14 September 1967; name confirmed 4 April 1974 on MCR-5, sheet 3. The portion of Kitimat-Stikine Regional District surrounding Banks and Pitt Islands was transferred to Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District effective 19 August 1993 per Letters Patent. Boundary extended per Order in Council 433, 21 June 2007, effective 1 December 2007, to include the area surrounding Dease Lake. Link to the regional district's own website through http://www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office