Delkatla North Coast Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. E side of Dal Ḵáahlii (inlet) within Masset (municipality), at N end of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Delkatla

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Delkatla

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

Name Description
Delkatla Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Delkatla

References to Delkatla that document the origin of its place name

Delkatla (Settlement) adopted 6 February 1948 on C.305, as identified in local records. Name rescinded 2 December 1954 on BC map 2F, Ottawa file OBF3986). Reinstated as Delkatla (community) 30 November 1982 on 103 K/1.

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

Named in association with Delkatla Inlet, in turn a Haida word meaning "water flowing in and out." In 1954 Mr. Wilson Duff, anthropologist, Provincial Museum, advised that this site was deserted.

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

"...the dream town of Charles Wilson in 1911 when he listed it in advertisements in local and mainland newspapers. It was registered in April 1913... It was Mr. Wilson's hope that pre-emptors would make Delkatla the place for their "town" homes, as they proved up on their isolated acreages under [pre-emption rules]. At one time it must have been a large Haida settlement. Early townspeople of Delkatla in preparing their gardens unearthed stone utensils and other artifacts constantly. Nearly everyone had several boxes of them, said one old-timer, there are midden signs all over the area, but nothing recorded about these ancient sites."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973  |  Province of British Columbia

 

North Coast Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27