Bones Bay

Bones Bay (50˚35'00" 126˚21'00" N side of W Cracroft I, N of Johnstone Str). Named along with nearby Minstrel I, Negro Rk and Sambo Point after a troupe of amateur performers aboard HMS Amethyst, which carried Lord Dufferin, the gov gen, and Lady Dufferin on a cruise to Metlakatla in 1876. These entertainers put on minstrel shows, based on black cultural stereotypes, in which “Mr Bones” and “Sambo” were stock characters. Presumably, such a show was staged in the vicinity for the...

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