Bolkus Islands

Bolkus Islands (52˚20'00" 131˚16'00" In Skincuttle Inlet, off SE Moresby I, QCI). According to a Haida First Nation legend, these islands were the first part of Haida Gwaii to rise from the waters following the great flood and are thus sacred. An important village, Hagi (Xaagyah), was once located there. The 1862 map of engineer Francis Poole, who spent several years in this area in an unsuccessful attempt to mine copper, shows the feature as Balkus I. Geologist George M Dawson modified the...

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