Amos Passage

Amos Passage (53˚50'00" 128˚43'00" Douglas Channel, E side of Coste I, S of Kitimat). Named by the hydrographic service in 1953 after the well-known Kitamaat First Nation chief Charlie Amos (1843–91), whose traditional name was Waks Gamalayu (Wahuksqumalayou). He travelled to Victoria in the mid-1870s, found work at a sawmill and was converted to Christianity by Rev William Pollard. On his return to Kitamaat about 1877, Amos built a log church and held prayer meetings. Several First Nation...

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