Kitsu Plateau
| Feature Type: | Plateau - Extensive, elevated region, with either level terrain, or nearly uniform summit levels. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E of Mess Lake, NE of Stikine River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°27'59"N, 130°45'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/7 |
| Related Maps: |
104G/10 104G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G/10 as as submitted by the Geological Survey of Canada. Likely named in association with Kitsu Peak and Creek. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Kitsu" recorded as being the Tahltan word for Northern Lights (Charles Francis Palgrave, "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Language Spoken by te Tahltans on the Stikine River, B.C., A Tribe belonging to the Tinne Branch of North American Indians," p. 114). (L.I. 15.11.79; T.2.54) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |