Kleecoot Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot, 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 E end of Sproat Lake, Alberni Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Kleecoot

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Kleecoot

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

Name Description
Kleecoot Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Kleecoot

References to Kleecoot that document the origin of its place name

Kleecoot (Post Office) adopted 2 June 1949 as labeled on Reference Map 2A "Vancouver Island, Southerly" (1938, 1948). Post Office closed 13 March 1953. Feature type change to settlement (date not listed), as listed in 1966 Gazetteer.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Kleecoot" is recorded as being an anglicized translation of a Nuu-chah-nulth word meaning "fork of the river" (information from Mr. George Clutesi). According to Nicholson's book "Vancouver Island's West Coast," "Kleecoot" is an Indigenous word meaning "like the head of a salkmon split open and spread out" (p. 133).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27