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Gwinmilit Official 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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Gwinmilit	Official 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
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

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