Khutzeymateen Inlet

Khutzeymateen Inlet (54˚39'00" 130˚04'00" Extends SE from Steamer Passage, entrance to Portland Inlet, N of Prince Rupert), Khutzeymateen River (54˚37'00" 129˚54'00" Flows W into Khutzeymateen Inlet). The name of the inlet, adopted in 1933, is an adaptation of K’tzim-a-deen, a Tsimshian First Nation phrase meaning “deep valley at the end of an inlet.” In 1992 a 443-sq-km portion of the Khutzeymateen R valley and estuary was named Canada’s first grizzly bear sanctuary, off-limits to...

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