T'áalan Stl'áng
| Feature Type: | Bay - Water area in an indentation of the shoreline of a sea, lake, or large river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE of Cape Knox at NW corner of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°09'44"N, 133°04'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Lepas Bay adopted 4 November 1948 on 103 NE, as identified in the 1930 B.C. Gazetteer. Name changed 7 January 2022 to T’aalan Stl’áng on 103K/3 as recommended by The Council of the Haida Nation and supported by North Coast Regional District, BC Parks, Archipelago Search and Rescue, and Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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T'aalan Stl’áng is the ancestral X̱aad Kíl name for this bay (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020). Source: included with note |