Skeena Banks

Skeena Banks (54˚12'00" 129˚55'00" In the Skeena R, E of the mouth of the Ecstall R), Skeena River (54˚01'00" 130˚07'00" Flows SW into Chatham Sd just S of Prince Rupert). The name of the river is an adaptation of the Tsimshian First Nation phrase k’shian, which can be translated as “water of the clouds.” Joseph Whidbey, master of HMS Discovery, explored the mouth of the Skeena in 1793 with two of the ship’s boats and reported to Capt George Vancouver that the river that flowed into...

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