Quatsino
[kwat SEE-no]
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Quatsino Sound, at N end of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°32'04"N, 127°39'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/12 |
| Related Maps: |
92L/10 92L/12 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Quatsino (Post Office) adopted June 1947 on 92L/12. Form of name change to Quatsino (community) 31 March 1983 on 92L/10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kwak'wala name is/was Xwatis. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |