Hiekish Narrows
| Feature Type: | Narrows - Constricted section of a water body. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Connecting Tolmie and Finlayson Channels, Range 3, Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°50'56"N, 128°27'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 March 1933 on 103/SE as an established name labeled on BC Map 2E (1924) and listed in B.C. Gazetteer 1930. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Previously may have been labelled as "Hie Kish Narrows". "Hie Kish Narrows" described in British Columiba Pilot Volume II: Second Edition, 1923. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |