Hippa Island

Hippa Island (53˚32'00" 132˚59'00" Off W side of Graham I, QCI), Hippa Passage (53˚33'00" 132˚58'00" Between Hippa I and Graham I), Hippa Point (53˚31'00" 132˚57'00" SE end of Hippa I), Hippa Rocks (53˚34'00" 133˚00'00" NW of Hippa I). Hippa I was named in 1787 by early British fur trader George Dixon of the ship Queen Charlotte. The fortified Haida First Nation villages reminded him of the palisaded Maori habitations he had seen in NZ, known as pas or hippahs. The Haida knew the island...

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