| Language of origin |
English language
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| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Other Names: |
Sk'yaaw KunOfficial
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| Relative Location: |
E extremity of Burnaby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
52°22'21"N, 131°14'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
103B/6 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Poole Point adopted 14 June 1946 on 103/SE, confirmed 7 April 1949 on chart #3583. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Sk’yaaw Kun on 103B/6 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 & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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Sk’yaaw Kun is the ancestral X̱aayda Kil name for this point (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020).
Source: included with note
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This point was referred to as 'Granite Point' but Poole Point was suggested by Hydrographic Services to avoid name duplication. Name commemorates Francis Poole.
Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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