| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Sganisim Ginsgox |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of junction of Kinskuch and Nass Rivers, NW of New Aiyansh, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°40'42"N, 128°53'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103P/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 August 1953 on 103 P, in association with Kinskuch River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Nisga'a name is Sganisim Ginsgox, where Sganisim is a derivation of sganist (mountain) meaning "mountain of"; Gin is a derivation of Gwin, meaning "place of"; Sgox means "to transport goods and/or people by canoe or boat a load at a time". The whole territory is generally referred to as Ginsgox. Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC |
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"We are unable to identify a mountain [here], although we have identified...an alpine ridge, not a high mountain. The Gitanyow name for the alpine ridge which includes Kinskuch Peak is "Gadiit"...and appears in the documentary records [describing the] territories of Gwinuu and Tigewin in 1924 as "Laxgadihlt" (ie. Laxgadiit). Identified as "Kaditt" in Nisga'a oral history. The evidence to support Gitanyow ownership of this area is set out in Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed, Gitxsan Treaty Office, 1995." (Gitxsan Treaty Office, November 1997, file N.1.96) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |