| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into entrance to Gardner Canal, S of Kitimat, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°33'58"N, 128°45'51"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 October 1952 on 103H, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1923A, 1879 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Confirmed 2 October 1952 on 103H, 5 March 1953 on C.3743, and 7 May 1953 on C.3745. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named for the bay's reputation as a superior location to stop and get crabs at the halfway point when traveling between Kemano and Kitimat. The Haisla name for the place is Kasa (pronounced KYAH-sah). The site of a fish saltery (1880s) and later the 7.3 hectare Haisla Indian Reserve #18. The Crab River watershed comprises a Haisla Eagle clan stewardship area traditionally owned by the holder of the name K'iselagelis." (information contributed February 2007 by anthropologist James V. (Jay) Powell, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; consultant to Haisla Nation, 2000-present). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |