Mission Hill
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Hill - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Íits'aawOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Massett Harbour, N end of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°02'17"N, 132°11'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mission Hill adopted 6 February 1948 on Chart #3805. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Íits’aaw on 103K/1 as recommended by The Council of the Haida Nation and supported by North Coast Regional District and Archipelago Search and Rescue. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The sixty foot high hill in the village of Old Masset. Name applied in 1907 during the survey by the Egeria hydrographers. Source: Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973 |
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Íits'aaw is the ancestral X̱aad Kíl name for this hill (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020). Source: included with note |