Skincuttle Inlet

Skincuttle Inlet (52˚20'00" 131˚13'00" SE side of Moresby I, S of Burnaby I, QCI), Skincuttle Island (52˚21'00" 131˚14'00" In Skincuttle Inlet, SW of the Copper Is). The name is a bastardization of the Haida term for the island, said by historians Helen and Philip Akrigg to be a compound of words meaning “seagull” and “to scoop.” This approximation of the name was originally applied about 1862 by early QCI mining engineer Francis Poole. Poole also attempted to mimic the Haida name...

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