Yakoun Bay

Yakoun Bay (53˚40'00" 132˚13'00" SE side of Masset Inlet, Graham I, QCI). Named in 1910 by regional hydrographer Lt Cdr Philip Musgrave after the Yakoun R, which flows N into this bay. QCI historian Kathleen Dalzell gives three possible translations for the Haida First Nation word: “straight point,” “in the middle” or “on the east.” The river is the largest in the QCI, with major salmon and steelhead runs, and was once covered with majestic forests, now extensively logged. The...

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