Haida Point


Haida Point (53˚15'00" 132˚01'00" N entrance to Skidegate Inlet, QCI), Haida Rock (52˚25'00" 131˚25'00" Entrance to Skaat Hbr, SW side of Moresby I, QCI). Haida Point was named in the early 1910s by Lt Cdr Philip Musgrave while conducting a survey of the region aboard CGS Lillooet. Haida Rk was named by the hydrographic service in 1962. Haida simply means “the people” in the Haida language; it is a nominalization of the verb hata or hada, “to be human, to be a Haida.” Earlier...

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