Kitsumkalum Park
| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Surrounding mouth of Goat Creek at S end of Kitsumkalum Lake, N of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°43'18"N, 128°46'15"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Established by Order in Council 25 November 1947. Redescribed per OIC 2325/87. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000; the whole containing 40 ha. more or less. Kitsumkalum orginated as the name of an indigenous community and means "the people who dwell on the edge of a cliff." Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |