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Xhlawit Official Name

Pronounced: " SLOUW-it"

Feature Type: Mountain

Latitude: 55°06'04" Position at: CENTRE

Longitude: 129°12'08"

Gazetteer Map: 103P/3
Relative Location: SW of junction of Nass and Ksi Sii Aks (Tseax River) at head of Vetter Creek, Cassiar Land District

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Xhlawit	Official Name
Pronounced:	" SLOUW-it"
Feature Type:	Mountain
Latitude:	55°06'04"	Position at: CENTRE
Longitude:	129°12'08"
Gazetteer Map:	103P/3
Relative Location:	SW of junction of Nass and Ksi Sii Aks (Tseax River) at head of Vetter Creek, Cassiar Land District
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

Origin Notes and History

Vetter Peak adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1L, 1929; confirmed 4 November 1948 on 103 NE. Name changed to Xhlawit per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Xhlaawit [sic] is a sacred mountain with 3 peaks. It was one of the 4 mountains on which the Nisga'a survived the Great Flood. As explained by Sigidimnak' Angaye'e, Nisga'a Elder: "the shape of the mountain peak is likened to a xhlaawim gan/ a V-shaped stem or limb of a tree." [Note that spelling provided by Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, differs from spelling in Nisga'a Treaty.]
Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC