| Feature Type: | Narrows - Constricted section of a water body. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Ḵ'iid Xyangs Ḵ'iidaayOfficial |
| Relative Location: | G̱aysiiG̱as Ḵ'iidsii (strait), off SE side Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°21'36"N, 131°21'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Dolomite Narrows adopted 7 April 1949 on Chart #3853, as identified in British Columbia Pilot, Vol II, edition 1, 1913. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Ḵ'iid Xyangs Ḵ'iidaay on 103B/6 as recommended by The Council of the Haida Nation and supported by North Coast Regional District, Archipelago Search and Rescue, and Canadian Coast Guard. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "Burnaby Narrows" on early chart (title/date not cited). Mis-spelled "Dalomite Narrows" on C.353, c1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Ḵ'iid Xyangs Ḵ'iidaay is the ancestral X̲aayda Kil name for these narrows (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020). Source: included with note |