| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side Digby Island, just W of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°19'26"N, 130°28'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Metlakatla Bay (not Metlah Catlah, Metla-Catlah, Metla-kathla, Methlakahtla, Metla Catla, nor Metla-Katla)" adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. Confirmed 3 July 1946 on C.3702 and 8 July 1954 on 103 J/8. See Metlakatla (community) for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Metlah-Catlah Bay" and "Metlah-catlah Mission" first labelled on British Admiralty Chart 364, published in 1865 from surveys by Captain Richards, RN, in 1862. Still so-spelled on 1872 and 1878 Admiralty Charts. Spelling adjusted to "Metlakatla" sometime before Metlakatla Post Office was opened in 1889. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |