Ehatisaht Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia

Former Locality - A once-populated place with no current population, or that is usually uninhabited N side of Esperanza Inlet, S of Zeballos, Nootka Land District

Mapped Location

Ehatisaht: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Ehatisaht

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ehatisaht

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Ehatisaht Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ehatisaht

References to Ehatisaht that document the origin of its place name

Ahateset (village) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1A, 1912. Form and spelling changed to Ehatisaht Village 27 July 1946 on 92E/15. Form changed to Ehatisaht (settlement) 10 September 1953 on 92E/15; further changed to Ehatisaht (locality) 15 February 1983. Canadian Hydrographic Service and Village of Tahsis staff confirmed that no one lives at Ehatisaht any more (letter, January 1998, file Z.1.46). Ehattesaht Band confirmed by telephone 18 February 1998 that, while there are no longer any residents, there is a traditional burial site here and the term "abandoned locality" would not be an acceptable description. Form of name changed to Ehatisaht (Former Locality) 19 January 1998 on 92E/15.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Strathcona Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01