Gid G̱waa GyaaG̱a GawG̱a
| 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 side of Burnaby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°21'48"N, 131°18'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Poole Inlet adopted 7 July 1955 on Chart #3353. Name changed 7 January 2022 to Gid G̱waa GyaaG̱a GawG̱a on 103B/6 as recommended by The Council of the Haida Nation and supported by North Coast Regional District, Archipelago Search and Rescue, and Canadian Coast Guard. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Gid G̱waa GyaaG̱a GawG̱a is the ancestral X̲aayda Kil name for this inlet (Advice from The Council of the Haida Nation, 2020). Source: included with note |