Gingolx Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, 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. N side of Nass Bay at the mouth of Nass River, Range 5 Coast Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Gingolx

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Gingolx

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

Name Description
Gingolx Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Gingolx

References to Gingolx that document the origin of its place name

Kincolith Mission is labelled on British Admiralty Chart A2190, 1868. Kincolith (Post Office & Indian Village) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Kincolith (Post Office) 4 November 1948 on 103NE; confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I. Form of name changed to Kincolith (Post Office & Steamer Landing) for the 1953 Gazetteer; further changed to Kincolith (Community) 14 January 1983 on 103I/13. Spelling changed to Gingolx (Community) per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000.

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

"Kincolith" is the anglicized [spelling] for the Nisga'a name, Gingolx, so-named after an historic battle between the Nisga'a and the Haida, and following which the scalps of the defeated Haida were hung on poles and erected at this site on a rock bluff. This practice was carried out as a warning to any further raids. [Gin/ to feed, present, it could also mean 'place of'; golx/ scalp] This site was originally the clan resource territory of the Gisk'aast, but was later turned over to the village for sustenance. And it was because of its importance as a food source - shellfish, salmon, etc - and its location at the mouth of the oolichan-rich Nass River that the Nisga'a were at times raided by other tribes in the surrounding area (Tsimshian, Haida, Tlingit).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nisga'a Tribal Council / Ayuukhl Nisga'a Department, Aiyansh BC  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01