| 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: | E shore of Fitz Hugh Sound, S of Bella Bella, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°46'21"N, 127°52'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1946 on C3784, as suggested by Hydrographic Service in association with Koeye River. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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This Heiltsuk First Nation term is believed to mean “bird sitting on the water.” The 18,750-ha Koeye Conservancy, an intact old-growth rainforest watershed with some of BC’s most productive salmon and grizzly bear habitat, represents an important aspect of the lands protected by the historic 2006 central coast land-use decision. The Koeye people, a branch of the Heiltsuk, formerly occupied several village sites on this river. A Heiltsuk-owned ecotourism lodge is now located at its mouth. About 1.5 km upstream are the remains of a limestone quarry, which operated 1935-67. The nearby Koeye Range and Lake are named after the River. Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009, pages 316-317. |