Kimsquit River Explained

Kimsquit River
Pushpin Map:British Columbia
Pushpin Map Caption:Mouth of Kimsquit River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:British Columbia
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Range 3 Coast Land District
Source1:Kitimat Ranges
Source1 Location:Coast Mountains
Mouth:Kimsquit
Mouth Location:Dean Channel
Mouth Coordinates:52.8811°N -127.0786°W
Mouth Elevation:13m (43feet)[1]

The Kimsquit River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, flowing into the head of Dean Channel, one of the major inlets of the Central Coast region.

Name

The name Kimsquit is associated with a former Nuxalk village at the mouth of the Dean River, just to the southeast of the mouth of the Kimsquit River. It is also the namesake of Kimsquit Peak, which is east of the mouth of the Kimsquit River and immediately north of the mouth of the Dean, and of Kimsquit Ridge, which is alongside the Kimsquit River on its west side a few miles upstream from its mouth. Comet Mountain is immediately southwest of the mouth of the Kimsquit.

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Notes and References

  1. Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.