Kwinamass River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Ksi X'anmasOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Kwinamass Bay, Portland Inlet, S of mouth of Nass River, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°46'30"N, 130°09'00"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/16 |
| Related Maps: |
103I/12 103I/13 103J/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kwinamass River adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC maps 3M, 1916 and 1H, 1917, not Kinnomax River as had been labelled on BC map 1A, 1912. Kwinamass River confirmed 4 November 1948 on 103/NE and 4 October 1951 on 103I. Form of name changed to Ksi X'anmas per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |