Cheeyah Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Timka'a |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just inside entrance of Uchucklesit Inlet, N side of lower Alberni Inlet, Clayoquot Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°59'23"N, 124°59'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cheeyah Island adopted 13 August 1945 on C.3609 as recommended by Hydrographic Service in 1931, not "Harbour Island" as labelled on BC Reference map 1A (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cheeyah is actually an anglecization of the Uchucklesaht name for just the north shoreline of the island - Ci'yaa; the name can be approximately translated as "rocky area on the edge" and refers to the place where spring salmon was cut and dried. The Uchucklesaht name for the entire island is Timka'a, meaning "gooseberry place" (advice from Uchucklesaht Tribe, December 2010) Source: included with note |