Kitimat

Kitimat (54˚03'10" 128˚39'00" Head of Kitimat Arm, S of Terrace), Kitimat Arm (53˚55'00" 128˚42'00" NE extension of Douglas Channel), Kitimat River (54˚00'00" 128˚40'00" Flows S into head of Kitimat Arm). Kitamaat (or Gitamaat) is a Tsimshian name meaning “people of the snow” and refers to the First Nation inhabitants of the Kitimat R valley, which does indeed experience a heavy snowfall. According to anthropologist Jay Powell, the Kitamaat people descend from the legendary...

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