| Feature Type: | Canyon (2) - Deep, narrow valley with precipitous walls. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Surrounding Skeena River, above Ferry Island at Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°30'59"N, 128°33'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 June 1950 on 103I/10, as labelled on BC map 3M, 1916, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Altered application 11 March 1985 on 103 I/10, applying to the canyon area immediately below the highway/railway bridge. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Dudley Little, was one of the founders of Terrace. Local use and application confirmed by March 1984 and again November 1990 by Department of Highways (file T.1.48) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Waterfalls here identified as "Ksip-kee-agh" in 1877 CPR Survey Report, according to notation on BC name card. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |