Kitsumkalum 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. E. of junction of Kitsumkalum and Skeena Rivers, Range 5, Coast Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Kitsumkalum

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Kitsumkalum

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

Name Description
Kitsumkalum Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Kitsumkalum

References to Kitsumkalum that document the origin of its place name

"Kitsumgallum" adopted 31 December 1930 in the 1930 Gazetteer of Canada, as established on BC Map 3M, 1916. Spelling changed to "Kitsumkalum" 2 June 1950 on 103I/10 and confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I. Kitsumkalum orginated from the name of an Indigenous community and means "the people who dwell on the edge of a cliff."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file T.1.48.  |  Province of British Columbia

"The word Kitsum-Kaylum is an anglicized form of the ancient Indigenous name of Kitsum’Alum, Kitsum of course meaning 'the people' and ‘Alum, 'dwellers on the edge of the Cliff.'" From correspondance with local historian in preperation of a new edition of 103 NE, 1948.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office, file P.1.48, L.I. 11 December, 1948.  |  Province of British Columbia

Labelled "Kitsumkelum" on BC Map 3M, 1921. "Kitsumgallum" is another spelling that has been used for this feature.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01