Kaien Island

Kaien Island (54˚17'00" 130˚18'00" Between Digby I and Tsimpsean Peninsula, at Prince Rupert). Kaien, a traditional Tsimshian First Nation name for the island, was adopted in 1892 when Prince Rupert Hbr (then called Tuck Inlet) was examined. According to N coast Anglican missionary William Collison, the word referred to a damp place with much fallen timber. A more widely accepted meaning, however, is “foam,” especially the substance produced after a heavy rain by the Zanardi Rapids, at...

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