Sointula

Sointula (50˚38'00" 127˚01'00" S side of Malcolm I, E side of Rough Bay, Broughton Str, SE Queen Charlotte Str). A group of Finnish settlers, led by journalist Matti Kurikka, formed a socialist utopian colony here in 1901 and received Malcolm I as a land grant from the provincial government. They named their settlement Sointula, which is the Finnish word for harmony. About 2,000 people joined (and left) the commune before it disintegrated in 1905. About half the original colonists, however,...

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