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Ksi Sgasginist Official Name

Pronounced: "sis GAS gun-ist"

Feature Type: Creek (1)

Latitude: 55°16'40" Position at: MOUTH

Longitude: 129°03'45"

Gazetteer Map: 103P/6
Relative Location: Flows NW into Nass River, N of Aiyansh, Cassiar Land District

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Ksi Sgasginist	Official Name
Pronounced:	"sis GAS gun-ist"
Feature Type:	Creek (1)
Latitude:	55°16'40"	Position at: MOUTH
Longitude:	129°03'45"
Gazetteer Map:	103P/6
Relative Location:	Flows NW into Nass River, N of Aiyansh, Cassiar Land District
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

Related Mapsheets

103P/2 103P/6 103P/7

Origin Notes and History

Seaskinnish Creek adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer as labelled on BC map 3M, 1916, not Skoskinist Creek as had been labelled on Geological Survey sheet 69A, Route map of part of the Nass River, 1912. Seaskinnish Creek confirmed 4 November 1948 on 103NE. Form of name changed to Ksi Sgasginist, 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

Ksi Sgasginist means "jackpine across the way (across the river/ obstructing passage/ or in the way)." Jackpine stands were so plentiful in this area at one time, as were other resources such as salmon and berries. [ksi/ water or tributary; sga/ across (the way of something); sginist/ jackpine, or simply pine tree]. Ksi in the context of geographical names means "water flowing out (of someplace)."
Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC