Nasoga Gulf

Nasoga Gulf (54˚52'00" 130˚06'00" E side of Portland Inlet, between Nass Bay and Khutzeymateen Inlet, N of Prince Rupert). The meaning of the name, which first appears on an Admiralty chart in 1868, is uncertain, though the Nisga’a people know this feature as Ts’im Sgaawa’a. Ts’im can be translated as “inside or within something” and sgaawa’a as “preventing someone from doing something.” The name refers to a legend involving Txeemsim, the grandfather of the Nisga’a people,...

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