Talunkwan Island

Talunkwan Island (52˚50'00" 131˚45'00" Between Selwyn Inlet and Dana Inlet, off E side of Moresby I, QCI). Named by geologist George M Dawson in 1878 after the Haida First Nation name for the E end of the island (now known as Heming Head). Two quite different meanings for the word have been advanced: QCI expert Kathleen Dalzell states that it refers to the marine bioluminescence that is very noticeable at that location; BC historians Helen and Philip Akrigg translate it as “to slice...

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