Ain River (Haida Gwaii)

This article is for the river on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii. For the river in France, see Ain (river)

The Ain River is a river on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago of the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast into Masset Inlet.[1]

Name

The name was conferred by George Dawson of the Geophysical Survey of Canada in 1878, who derived it from the Haida name Qua'nun.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ain River"
  2. ↑ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ain River"

Coordinates: 53°43′57″N 132°25′24″W / 53.73250°N 132.42333°W / 53.73250; -132.42333


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