Cumshewa
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N shore of Cumshewa Inlet, NE side of Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°01'58"N, 131°41'06"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cumshewa (village) adopted 6 April 1926 on C.326. Form of name changed to Cumshewa (locality) 2 December 1954 on map 2F. (file Q.1.54) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A large Indian Village here originally. The locality is now known as Cumshewa Inlet according to July 1953 report from RCMP (file Q.1.54); abandoned according to 1961 information from Mr. Sutherland-Brown, BC Mines Department; "Cumshewa Inlet (Sandspit for furtherance)" identified in N.N.Co. steamship timetables from 1964 through 1968; not identified in subsequent timetables. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |