House Island

House Island (52˚34'50" 131˚25'25" Between Ramsay I and Murchison I, SE of Lyell I, QCI). The ancient Haida village of Ata’na, on the W side of House I, occupied one of the most attractive vantage points in the QCI. Ata’na was the Haida word for both village and island and refers to a particular type of dwelling; it was because of this meaning that geologist George Dawson gave the feature its English name in 1878. Ata’na is the site of one of the Haida origin or creation myths, where a...

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