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Ksi Sgawban Official Name

Pronounced: "sis SCOW-ban"

Feature Type: Creek (1)

Latitude: 55°03'05" Position at: MOUTH

Longitude: 129°58'40"

Gazetteer Map: 103P/4
Relative Location: Flows SW into S end of Observatory Inlet, just N of Gingolx (formerly Kincolith), N of Prince Rupert, Cassiar Land District

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Ksi Sgawban	Official Name
Pronounced:	"sis SCOW-ban"
Feature Type:	Creek (1)
Latitude:	55°03'05"	Position at: MOUTH
Longitude:	129°58'40"
Gazetteer Map:	103P/4
Relative Location:	Flows SW into S end of Observatory Inlet, just N of Gingolx (formerly Kincolith), N of Prince Rupert, Cassiar Land District
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

Origin Notes and History

Scowban Creek identified in Nisga'a Treaty Agreement-in-Principle, Appendix F, February 1996, and in Nisga'a Treaty. This has never been an official name. Ksi Sgawban adopted 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

Creek where salmon spawn.
Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC