McPherson Point

McPherson Point (54˚15'00" 132˚59'00" NE side of Langara I, off NW end of Graham I, QCI). Named in 1907 after the carpenter of HMS Egeria, a prodigious axeman. The vessel was doing survey work in the area at that time, under Capt Frederick Learmonth. According to QCI historian Kathleen Dalzell, the Haida called the rocky, precipitous promontory Ta-Kwoon, meaning “mussel point.” Two small villages once perched on either side: Ta (“Mussel Town”) to the S and Ah Dongas (“Village around...

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