Chamiss Bay
| Language of origin | Wakashan language family Nuu-chah-nulth language |
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Kyuquot Sound S of entrance to Kashutl Inlet, Rupert Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°04'16"N, 127°16'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chamiss Bay adopted 3 June 1947 on C.3682 as spelled on BC Lands' map 2C, 1919, and in the 1930 BC Gazetteer (not Cha-miss Bay as had been spelled on British Admiralty Chart 583, 1865 et seq). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Sha:wiis was the name of the village here, with lots of fruit trees in the immediate area. (December 2010 advice from Ka:'yu:'k't'h' /Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nations.) Source: included with note |