| Language of origin | Salishan language family ʔayʔaǰuθəm language |
| Feature Type: | Regional District - A division of the province incorporated as a regional district. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Powell River Regional District |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E & S from Toba Inlet, including and Texada & Lasqueti Islands |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| 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:
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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 "KAW-thet", means "working together" and is intentionally lowercase as Tla'amin Nation traditional orthography does not include capital letters..." (From the Regional District website: https://www.qathet.ca/about/about-the-qrd/ dated July 5, 2018.) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |