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Xlukwskw Official Name

Pronounced: "shLOOKsk"

Feature Type: Site

Latitude: 55°15'15" Position at: CENTRE

Longitude: 129°48'50"

Gazetteer Map: 103P/5
Relative Location: E side Observatory Inlet, just S of Dawson Point, Cassiar Land District

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Xlukwskw	Official Name
Pronounced:	"shLOOKsk"
Feature Type:	Site
Latitude:	55°15'15"	Position at: CENTRE
Longitude:	129°48'50"
Gazetteer Map:	103P/5
Relative Location:	E side Observatory Inlet, just S of Dawson Point, Cassiar Land District
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

Origin Notes and History

Formerly Slooks Indian Reserve 21, Kincolith Band. Extinguished per Nisga'a Treaty and transferred to fee-simple interest: Lot 7224 Cassiar Land District. Name changed to Xlukwskw (site) per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000. Origin/significance not provided.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office