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GwinmilitOfficial Name
Pronounced:"gwin MILL-it"
Feature Type:Site
Latitude:55°16'10" Position at: CENTRE
Longitude:129°51'00"
Gazetteer Map:103P/5
Relative Location:W side of Observatory Inlet, at Salmon Cove, Cassiar Land District
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Origin Notes and History

Formerly Kinmelit Indian Reserve 20, Kincolith Band. Extinguished per Nisga'a Treaty and transferred to fee-simple interest: Lot 7223 Cassiar Land District. Name changed to Gwinmilit (site) 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

where milit means "steelhead"
Source: Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC