Smith Inlet (British Columbia)

{{Short description|Fjord in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada}}

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Smith Inlet{{Cite cgndb|JBWGI|Smith Inlet|2020-06-21}} is an inlet at the head of Smith Sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.{{BCGNIS|27040|Smith Inlet}} Smith Inlet and Smith Sound are notable as the home of the Gwaʼsala group of the Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples, who are also known as the Smith Inlet people. Nekite Indian Reserve No. 2, which is under the governance of the Gwaʼsala-ʼNakwaxdaʼxw Nations band government, is located at the head of Smith Inlet,[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/65487.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nekite 2 (Indian reserve)"] at the mouth of the Nekite River.[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/26646.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nekite River"]

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}}