Klemtu 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 Kitasoo I.R.1, NE side of Swindle Island, Range 3 Coast Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Klemtu

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Klemtu

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

Name Description
Klemtu Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Klemtu

References to Klemtu that document the origin of its place name

"Klemtu (Village), not Klemtoo, nor China Hat" was adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. Identified as Klemtu (Post Office) in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, listing as alternate names Klemtoo, China Hat and Kitasoo (villages). Identified as Klemtu (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Klemtu (Community) 14 January 1983 on 103/10.

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

Klemtu Post Office was opened 16 June 1927.

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

Formerly called "China Hat" because of the shape of Cone Island which protects it. It gets its present name from "Klemdoo-oolk," a Tsimpsean word meaning "impassable". From both north and south the bay on which the village stands looks like part of a passage, but it is not.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01