Kiju Point

Kiju Point (52˚14'00" 131˚06'00" S side of Carpenter Bay, SE Moresby I, QCI). Kiju, chosen by the hydrographic service in 1962, is a modification of the name of the former Haida village of Kaidju, once located 6 km to the E. Kaidju, or “Songs of Victory Village,” was the favourite settlement of Chief Koya, the notorious renegade (see Kendrick Inlet and Koya Bay). When naturalist and ethnologist Charles Newcombe visited the site in 1903, he reported that there were still some old lodges...

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