Quatsino Sound
Feature Type:Sound (1) - Large body of water from which two or more inlets, arms or channels branch off.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Pronounced: kwat SEE-no
Relative Location: NW side of Vancouver Island, N of Brooks Peninsula, Rupert Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°30'29"N, 127°41'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92L/12
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 15 October 1920 on 92L/12 as labeled on Reference Map 2C (1919) and likely on C.3617, C.3618, C.3624, C.3668 and C.3690. In lieu of original paperwork this name was reconfirmed 29 February 1968. May have previously appeared as Quatsinough or Koskeemo (maps/dates not cited).

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

"Derived from "Koskimo," the name of [a local Indigenous nation]. A large burial cave of the Koskimos is to be found on the west side of Quatsino Narrows."

Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1973, p. 143.