Lax Bilak [LACH bil-ak]
Language of origin Tsimshianic language family Nisg̲a’a language
Feature Type:Site - A named place that has historic, geographic or folkloric significance.
Status: Official
Other Names: Lakbelak Lake 40
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Near Lachballach Lake, SE of mouth of Nass River, Range 5 Coast Land District
Tags: Indigenous
Latitude-Longitude: 54°47'49"N, 129°40'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 103I/13
Origin Notes and History:

Formerly Lakbelak Lake IR 40, Lakbelak Creek IR 39 and Lakbelak IR 38, Kincolith Band, all extinguished per Nisga'a Treaty and transferred to fee-simple interest: Lots 6454, 6455 & 6453 Range 5 Coast Land District, respectively. Lax Bilak (site) adopted per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000; a single name applying to 3 discrete sites. Origin/significance not provided.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office