Rose Island

Rose Island (54˚33'00" 130˚26'00" At Lax Kw’alaams, NW side of the Tsimpsean Peninsula, N of Prince Rupert). The Tsimshian First Nation name for the old community of Port Simpson (qv) is Lax Kw’alaams (qv) or “place of wild roses.” Part of the community is located on Rose I, which is connected to the mainland by a bridge and causeway. In 1981, at the Port Simpson Band Council’s request, the BC government changed the name Village I, which dated back to at least 1907, to Rose I, which...

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