Gwinmilit
| Feature Type: | Site - A named place that has historic, geographic or folkloric significance. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Pronounced: | gwin MILL-it |
| Relative Location: | W side of Observatory Inlet, at Salmon Cove, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°16'09"N, 129°51'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103P/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Formerly Kinmelit Indian Reserve 20, Kincolith Band. Extinguished per Nisga'a Treaty and transferred to fee-simple interest: Lot 7223 Cassiar Land District. Name changed to Gwinmilit (site) per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Where milit means "steelhead". Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC |