Dal Kún
| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W entrance point of Dal Ḵáahlii (inlet), Masset Harbour, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°00'23"N, 132°08'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Harrison Point adopted 6 February 1948 on Chart #3805, as identified in the 1930 B.C. Gazetteer. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Dal Kún on 103K/1 as recommended by The Council of the Haida Nation and supported by North Coast Regional District, Archipelago Search and Rescue, Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, and the Village of Masset. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Dal Kún is the ancestral X̱aad Kíl name for this point (advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020). Source: included with note |