| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Gid G̱waa GyaaG̱a GawG̱aOfficial |
| Relative Location: | SE side of Burnaby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°21'48"N, 131°18'05"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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Poole Inlet adopted 7 July 1955 on Ottawa File OBF 3986 as established on BC Map 2F, date not cited. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Gid G̱waa GyaaG̱a GawG̱a 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 & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Gid G̱waa GyaaG̱a GawG̱a is the ancestral X̲aayda Kil name for this inlet (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020). Source: included with note |
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Francis Poole was a mining engineer who in 1863-64 prospected copper bearing ore bodies in the vicinity of Poole and Skincuttle Inlets. The name Poole inlet was suggested by H.D. Parizeau of the Dominion Hydrographic Survey. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |