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Wil Milit Official Name

Pronounced: "will MILL-it"

Feature Type: Site

Latitude: 55°01'30" Position at: CENTRE

Longitude: 130°11'25"

Gazetteer Map: 103O/1
Relative Location: NE end of Pearse Island, Portland Canal, Cassiar Land District

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Wil Milit	Official Name
Pronounced:	"will MILL-it"
Feature Type:	Site
Latitude:	55°01'30"	Position at: CENTRE
Longitude:	130°11'25"
Gazetteer Map:	103O/1
Relative Location:	NE end of Pearse Island, Portland Canal, Cassiar Land District
Return all features within 5Km proximity	View geographical name location on a 1:250K mapsheet

Origin Notes and History

Formerly Pearse Island Indian Reserve 43, Kincolith Band. Extinguished per Nisga'a Treaty and transferred, with extension, to fee-simple interest: Lots 5431 & 7235, Cassiar Land District. Name changed to Wil Milit (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