Klaquaek Channel

Klaquaek Channel (51˚28'00" 127˚41'00" Between Penrose I and Ripon I, Rivers Inlet). According to BC historians Helen and Philip Akrigg, when Rivers Inlet was re-surveyed in the late 1930s, a number of names were bestowed to honour the family of Methodist medical missionary Dr George Darby, who operated a summer hospital on the inlet for many years while based at Bella Bella. Klaquaek was a Heiltsuk First Nation nickname given to Katherine Darby, George’s daughter. It was also the name of...

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