Cape Edensaw

Cape Edensaw (54˚06'00" 132˚26'00" E side of Virago Sd, N shore of Graham I, QCI). Gwaayang Gwanhlin (c 1810–94), whose Haida name can be translated as “the man who rests his head on an island,” was a prominent, wealthy chief of the Sta’stas Eagle lineage. Edensaw—or Edenshaw, as the name is more commonly spelled—is an anglicized form of his hereditary title, Eda’nsa or Idansaa (“melting ice from a glacier”). Born near Cape Ball, he lived at Kiusta and Kung before moving to...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.