| Feature Type: | Anchorage - An area of water in which vessels can anchor; usually sheltered water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Estuary of Kitlope River at head of Gardner Canal, SE of Kitimat, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°15'17"N, 127°54'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93E/5 |
| Related Maps: |
93E/4 93E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kitlope Anchorage adopted 7 September 1950 on 93E, as labelled on 1927 edition of British Admiralty Chart #1923A; not "Kitlup Anchorage" as spelled in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The Tsimshian name for the people residing at the head of Garnder Canal; the name means "the people of the rocks" (spelled variously Kitlup, Kitlobe, Kitlope on Admiralty Charts published 1867 onwards) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Kit = People; Lope = opening in mountains. File 0015. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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See "Surveying Central British Columbia: A Photojournal of Frank Swannell, 1920-28" by Jay Sherwood, 2007, pp.40-41 for photographs and interpretive information about G'psgolox Pole - the famous mortuary totem pole at Misk'usa, the now-abandoned Haisla Village located here at the mouth of Kitlope River. [BC Archives accession # I-33181, I-58650, I-58649 ] Source: included with note |