Kitwanga 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. ON Kitwangar I.R.1, N. side of Skeena River, Cassiar Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Kitwanga

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Kitwanga

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

Name Description
Kitwanga Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Kitwanga

References to Kitwanga that document the origin of its place name

Kitwanga (village) adopted 2 April 1912 on Ottawa file OBF 0135. Identified as Kitwanga (Post Office) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Kitwanga (community) 14 January 1983 on 103P/1.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Gitwangak Post Office was opened 1 January 1910. Spelling changed to Kitwanga Post Office 1 August 1917.

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Kitwanga means "(people of the) place of rabbits" Gitwangak is the preferred modern spelling.

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Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01