Thompson Sound (British Columbia)

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Thompson Sound is a sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Tribune Channel and to the east of Gilford Island, part of the Broughton Archipelago. [1] The headland on the north side of the sound's entrance is London Point at 50°46′09″N126°07′07″W / 50.76917°N 126.11861°W / 50.76917; -126.11861 (London Point) . [2] The south side of the entrance is demarcated by Cleave Point at 50°44′35″N126°07′28″W / 50.74306°N 126.12444°W / 50.74306; -126.12444 (Cleave Point) . [3]

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Located on the sound is the unincorporated locality of Thompson Sound at 50°48′00″N126°01′00″W / 50.80000°N 126.01667°W / 50.80000; -126.01667 (Thompson Sound) , and Kakweken Indian Reserve No. 4, [4] at the mouth of the Kakweiken River at the head of the sound, 4.0 ha. in size, at 50°48′00″N126°02′00″W / 50.80000°N 126.03333°W / 50.80000; -126.03333 (Kakweken IR No. 4) . [5] A village site of the Kwikwasut'inuxw, said to be their place of origin, is also at the head of the sound is wato, also spelled watu, at 50°48′00″N126°00′30″W / 50.80000°N 126.00833°W / 50.80000; -126.00833 (wato) . [6]

Thompson Sound, British Columbia Place in British Columbia, Canada

Thompson Sound is an unincorporated locality on the east side of the sound of the same name, which is in the area of Tribune Channel and the Broughton Archipelago in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

The Kakweiken River, also spelled Kakweken River, is a river in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southwest out of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains into the head of Thompson Sound, which lies to the east of Gilford Island and to the north of lower Knight Inlet. Located at the mouth of the river is Kakweken Indian Reserve No. 4, which is under the administration of the Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation.

The Kwikwasut'inuxw are one of the many subgroups of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Their ancestral home is at Gwayasdums on Village Island, which was destroyed by the Nuxalk in 1856.

Kwak'wala placenames on the sound are leqwe, meaning "camping ground", just east of London Point at 50°46′40″N126°06′40″W / 50.77778°N 126.11111°W / 50.77778; -126.11111 (leqwe) [7] and gidelbe, meaning "long point", located across the sound on its south side at 50°46′25″N126°04′00″W / 50.77361°N 126.06667°W / 50.77361; -126.06667 (gidelbe) [8]

There is one small island in the sound, near its head, Sackville Island at 50°47′29″N126°01′24″W / 50.79139°N 126.02333°W / 50.79139; -126.02333 (Sackville Island) . [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thompson Sound". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "London Point"
  3. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cleave Point"
  4. ↑ "Thompson Sound (locality)". BC Geographical Names.
  5. ↑ Kakweken 4 (Indian reserve)"
  6. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "wato (Former First Nation Village)"
  7. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "leqwe (camp)"
  8. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "gidelbe (point)", "long point" - exact location unclear - no particular point at this location
  9. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Sackville Island"

Coordinates: 50°47′00″N126°03′00″W / 50.78333°N 126.05000°W / 50.78333; -126.05000

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