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Ksi GingolxOfficial Name
Pronounced:"say gin-GOL"
Feature Type:River
Latitude:54°59'50" Position at: MOUTH
Longitude:129°58'45"
Gazetteer Map:103I/13
Relative Location:Flows SW into Nass Bay, at mouth of Nass River, Range 5 Coast Land District
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Origin Notes and History

Labelled Mission Creek on BC map 1A, 1912; labelled Kincolith Creek on BC map 3M, 1916; labelled Kincolith River on BC map 1H, 1917. "Kincolith Creek (not Mission Creek)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Kincolith River 6 August 1953 on 103 P. Form of name changed to Ksi Gingolx per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000. See Gingolx (community) for origin information.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Mission Creek" as labeled on early maps, refers to the Kincolith Mission, established here in 1867. Rev. R. Doolan had intended to establish a mission at Dogfish Bight, but his party was unable to cross Portland Inlet, so beached here instead.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

In 1867, Rev. R. Doolan, along with a raft of Nisga'a converts, left the village of Abanseeks to establish a mission at Xmaat'in (Dogfish Bight). In a futile attempt to cross Saxwhl Xk'alaan (the mouth (?) of Portland Inlet, they beached at Ksi Gingolx and established here instead.
Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC