| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Skidegate |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Skidegate Inlet, at E end of Village of Queen Charlotte (municipality) on Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°14'48"N, 132°00'36"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103F/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Skidegate (Village) adopted 14 June 1946 on 103SE. Identified as Skidegate (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Identified as Skidegate (Settlement) in the 1973 Supplement to the 1963 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Skidegate (locality) 15 February 1983 on 103F/1. Name changed to Skidegate Landing (Locality) 31 March 1992 on 103F/1, being the well-established local name for the locality immediately surrounding the ferry dock. Skidegate Landing amalgamated within the incorporated municipality Village of Queen Charlotte, effective 7 December 2005. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Skidegate Landing is about 3km west of the much larger community known as Skidegate. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |