Cumshewa Head


Cumshewa Head (53˚02'00" 131˚36'00" N entrance to Cumshewa Inlet), Cumshewa Inlet (53˚03'00" 131˚47'00" Between N side of Louise I and Moresby I, QCI), Cumshewa Island (53˚02'00" 131˚36'00" Off Cumshewa Head, entrance to Cumshewa Inlet), Cumshewa Rocks (53˚01'00" 131˚35'00" Entrance to Cumshewa Inlet). Cumshewa Inlet was named by early fur traders after Gumsiiwa or Gomshewah (transliterations vary widely), chief of the Xhiida Xhaaydaghaay (Eagle) lineage. He was also headman of the...

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