Oona Point

Oona Point (53˚57'00" 130˚14'00" Just E of the community of Oona R), Oona River (53˚57'00" 130˚15'00" E side of Porcher I, S of Prince Rupert). Oona is the Tsimshian word for the skunk cabbage, a plant that does well in this area. A small, mostly Scandinavian, logging, trapping and fishing settlement formed here in the early 1900s, shortly after nearby Prince Rupert had been chosen as the GTP terminus. A modest sawmill was constructed in the village in 1921, initially owned by Julius...

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