Dudevoir Passage

Dudevoir Passage (54˚38'06" 130˚26'22" Between Tsimpsean Peninsula and Maskelyne I, N of Prince Rupert). Alfred Dudoward (c 1849–1914), known as Skagwait (or Sgagweet), was the respected chief of the Gitando branch of the Tsimshian First Nation at Ft Simpson (Lax Kw’alaams). He was the son of a high-ranking Tsimshian mother, Elizabeth Diex (there are many variant spellings of her hereditary name). His father was Félix Dudoaire (Dudoire or Dudevoir), a French Canadian tailor at the HBC...

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