BCGNIS Query Results

Ks wan Official Name

Pronounced: "ks WUN"

Feature Type: Site

Latitude: 55°38'20" Position at: CENTRE

Longitude: 129°48'30"

Gazetteer Map: 103P/12
Relative Location: Surrounding mouth of Kshwan River, head of Hastings Arm, Observatory Inlet, Cassiar Land District

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

Audio Accompaniment you will need

Ks wan	Official Name
Pronounced:	"ks WUN"
Feature Type:	Site
Latitude:	55°38'20"	Position at: CENTRE
Longitude:	129°48'30"
Gazetteer Map:	103P/12
Relative Location:	Surrounding mouth of Kshwan River, head of Hastings Arm, Observatory Inlet, Cassiar Land District
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

Origin Notes and History

Formerly Kshwan Indian Reserves 27 & 27A, Kincolith Band, both extinguished per Nisga'a Treaty and transferred, with extentions, to fee-simple interest: Lots 7225, 7252, 7253 & 4075, Cassiar Land District. Ks wan (site) adopted 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