Phillips Arm

Phillips Arm (50˚31'00" 125˚24'00" N of Cordero Channel, between Loughborough Inlet and Bute Inlet, N of Campbell R). For a small, out-of-the-way inlet, Phillips Arm has seen a fair amount of bustle over the years. It was once a rich fishing area, home to the Kwiakah people, a Kwakwala-speaking First Nation whose name means “to club.” Then, in the mid-1890s, came the prospectors, who turned the inlet into a hotbed of activity second only to Texada I in the region. Dozens of claims were...

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