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Smith Inlet (British Columbia)

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Smith Inlet is an inlet at the head of Smith Sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.^[1] Smith Inlet and Smith Sound are notable as the home of the Gwa'sala group of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, who are also known as the Smith Inlet people. Nekite Indian Reserve No. 2, which is under the governance of the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations band government, is located at the head of Smith Inlet,^[2] at the mouth of the Nekite River.^[3]

Smith Inlet is the childhood home of figure skater and magician Greg Ladret and world and Olympic team member Doug Ladret.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

History

Peter Puget and Joseph Whidbey, two of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition, first charted the inlet in 1792.^[4]

References

1. ^{{BCGNIS|27040|Smith Inlet}}
2. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nekite 2 (Indian reserve)"
3. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nekite River"
4. ^{{cite book | last = Vancouver | first = George, and John Vancouver | title = A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world | publisher = J. Stockdale | year = 1801 | location = London| url = https://books.google.com/?id=qwol8bPaYxsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false}}

4 : Fjords of British Columbia|Central Coast of British Columbia|Kwakwaka'wakw|Inlets of British Columbia

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