Wathus Island

Wathus Island (53˚41'00" 132˚29'00" W side of Masset Inlet, Graham I, QCI). This feature was first charted by geologist George Dawson in 1878 as Wat-hoo-us, its Haida First Nation name. In 1907 it was called Young I by the Graham Steamship, Coal & Lumber Co, after John Young, who was a timber cruiser for the firm in 1906–7. Both names were in use until the 1920s, but Wathus I has long since prevailed as the official, gazetted name. D

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