Kitlope is a Tsimshian word meaning "people of the rocks" or "people from the opening in the mountains", a reference to a subgroup of the Haisla

Haisla

The Haisla are an indigenous people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their indigenous Haisla language is named after them...

 peoples. history shows that this village at one time
was Kitselas

Kitselas

Kitselas, Kitsalas or Gits'ilaasü are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, in northwestern Canada. The original name Gits'ilaasü means "people of the canyon." The tribe is situated at Kitselas, British Columbia, at the upper end of Kitselas Canyon, which is on the...

 Territory until the Haisla arived. The Gitlope people were Hislaized. meaning to adopt the ways of the Haisla Peoples. It may refer to:

• the Kitlope group of the Haisla
  Haisla
  The Haisla are an indigenous people living at Kitamaat in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their indigenous Haisla language is named after them...
  
   people, who call themselves Henaksiala, and are now part of the Haisla Nation
  Haisla Nation
  The Haisla Nation is a First Nations government in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the reserve community of Kitamaat Village, which is near the similarly named town of Kitimat....
  
   at Kitimaat Village, British Columbia
• Kitlope Anchorage a harbour or anchorage on the North Coast of British Columbia
• Kitlope 16
  Kitlope 16
  Kitlope 16, properly the Kitlope Indian Reserve No. 16, is an Indian Reserve on the North Coast of British Columbia, to the south of Kitimat, British Columbia and at the mouth of the Kitlope River, which flows north into the head of the Gardner Canal to the south of that town...
  
  , an Indian Reserve on the North Coast of British Columbia
• Kitlope Lake, a lake in the North Coast region of British Columbia
• Kitlope Range
  Kitlope Range
  The Kitlope Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located southeast of Kitlope Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It is surrounded by the Tezwa and Kitlope Rivers.-References:* in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia...
  
  , a subrange of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains
• Kitlope River
  Kitlope River
  The Kitlope River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges in the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, flowing north into the head of the Gardner Canal to the south of the smelter town of Kitimat. It is named for the Gitlope group of Haisla, now part of the Haisla Nation government and community at...
  
  , a river on the North Coast of British Columbia
• the term "the Kitlope" may also refer to the basin of the Kitlope River and its tributaries
• Kitlope Heritage Conservancy, a protected area covering the Kitlope, managed by BC Parks