Nahwitti Bar
| Feature Type: | Bar (2) - An offshore ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other unconsolidated material, either perpendicular to or parallel with the shore. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of W end of Hope Island in entrance to Goletas Channel, extreme N end of Vancouver Island , Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°53'44"N, 127°59'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1947 on 92L/13 as listed in 1930 Gazetteer and as labeled on Reference Map 2C (1919) and Chart 3676 and as submitted by Hydrographic Services. May have previously been labelled as Nahwhitti (maps/dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Recorded as being named in association with a local Indigenous nation, the Tlatlasikwala nation (formerly Nuwitti or Nahwitti), as was recorded in the Royal Commission of Indian Affairs. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |