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Grace Harbour is a harbour and traditional village site of the Tla'Amin peoples in the South Coast of British Columbia, located near Desolation Sound on the south side of the Gifford Peninsula opposite the Malaspina Peninsula to the southwest. Along with the Gifford Peninsula, it is part of Desolation Sound Marine Provincial Park. Kahkaykay Indian Reserve No. 6 was located on the west side of the harbour but as of 2011 is now fee-simple land as a result of the Sliammon Treaty. at 50°02′58″N124°45′21″W The headland at the southwest corner of the harbour is similarly named from the name of the ancient village at this site, Kakaekae Point, at 50°02′32″N124°45′56″W
Waddington Harbour is a harbour at the head of Bute Inlet in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Also issuing into the head of Bute Inlet and Waddington Harbour, just east of the mouth of the Homathko, is the Teaquahan River. Issuing directly into the inlet a few miles south on the harbour's southeast is the Southgate River, one of the major rivers of the central Pacific Ranges, which begins on the west side of the Lillooet Icecap. Its lower valley adjacent to the inlet's shores is called Pigeon Valley.
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- ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tahumming River"
- ↑ "Alterra and Klahoose To Develop Tahumming River Project". CNW. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
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