Kitimat Arm
| Feature Type: | Arm - Long narrow extension of a water body. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Extends North from North end of Douglas Channel, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°52'36"N, 128°45'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/15 |
| Related Maps: |
103H/15 103I/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I, 5 March 1953 on C.3743 and 2 April 1953 on C.3736. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In association with Kitimat River and Kitimat Village, in turn derived from the Tsimsean name for the people who live at the head of this arm - the Gitamaat, "people of the snow." The Kitimat/Kitamaat call themselves Haisla, "dwellers downriver." See Kitimat River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |