Kwisitis
[kwis itis]
| Feature Type: | Former First Nation Village - A place formerly inhabited by First Nations' people, with no current population or that is usually uninhabited. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S end of Wickaninnish Bay, between Ucluelet and Tofino, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'35"N, 125°40'28"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kwisitis (Former First Nation Village) adopted 1 April 2011, per the provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The name means "other end." (Ucluelet First Nation, December 2010.) Source: included with note |