Cassiar

Meaning

Proper Noun

• ghost town Cassiar Mountains (region) district, Cassiar Land District Northern Interior (region) Interior (region) Mainland (region) British Columbia (province) Canada (country)
• former provincial electoral district British Columbia (province) Canada (country)
• historical region Mainland (region) colony, British Columbia British North America (constituent country) British Empire (country)
• mountain group district, Cassiar Land District Northern Interior (region) Interior (region) British Columbia (province) Canada (country), named after the district.
• cadastral division Northern Interior (region) Interior (region) Mainland (region) British Columbia (province) Canada (country), named after the historic Cassiar Country region
• river district, Cassiar Land District Northern Interior (region) Interior (region) Mainland (region) British Columbia (province) Canada (country)

Origin

• Corruption of Kaska. From Kaska. From the Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations group of the Dene, who live in the region of Northern British Columbia and Southern Yukon Territory.