Welgeegenk Point
| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N. entrance to Khutzeymateen Inlet, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°43'30"N, 130°13'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 April 1955 on Hydrographic Services Chart #3782A, “Khutzeymateen Inlet and Approaches,” as established locally. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file H.1.27. |
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"Welgeegenk" is an indigenous name meaning "where warm." Information provided by a local resident. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file H.1.27. |
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This Tsimshian First Nation name may mean "a warm sport" or "place where it is warm." Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009, page 637. |