McNutt Point

McNutt Point (52˚56'00" 132˚12'00" E side of Douglas Inlet, Kuper Inlet, NW side of Moresby I, QCI). Named after the 2nd mate of the HBC brigantine Una, which was sent twice in 1851 to nearby Mitchell Inlet, where gold had recently been discovered. After the second visit, during which the HBC’s miners managed to extract $75,000 worth of gold before being chased off by a group of hostile Haida, who had expected to barter for the ore, the Una was wrecked on an uncharted reef in Neah Bay on...

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