qathet Regional District [KA-thet]
Feature Type:Regional District - A division of the province incorporated as a regional district.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: E & S from Toba Inlet, including and Texada & Lasqueti Islands
Latitude-Longitude: 49°59'59"N, 124°30'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92F/15
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Origin Notes and History:

Incorporated as Powell River Regional District 19 December 1967; name confirmed 4 April 1974 on MCR-5, sheet 3. Name changed to qathet Regional District per Order in Council 354, 5 July 2018, and Letters Patent.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

..."In June of 2017, Elders from Tla'amin Nation gifted the word 'qathet' to the Regional District. The word, which is pronounced "KA-thet", means "working together" and is intentionally lowercase as Tla'amin Nation traditional orthography does not include capital letters..." (From the Regional District website: media relase dated July 5, 2018.) Link to the regional district's own internet site through www.civicinfo.bc.ca/.

Source: included with note