qathet Regional District
[KA-thet]
Feature Type: | Regional District - A division of the province incorporated as a regional district. |
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Official
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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.
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..."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
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