Adopted 3 July 1946 on 103/SE, as labelled on British Admiralty Charts 2168, 1856, and 1923B, 1868.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Venerable Anthony Denny, the archdeacon of an Irish diocese who knew nothing of BC, had his name attached to this important Haida site because his son, Edward Denny, happened to be a midshipman aboard HMS ‘Virago’ on an 1853 survey of the region (see Denny Rocks). Known as SG̲ang Gwaay (Skung’wai), or Red Cod Island, to the Haida people, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to the last best Haida memorial and mortuary poles still at their original location. This was where Captain John Kendrick’s assault on Chief Koya had such disastrous consequences (see Koya Bay). The name of Chief Ninstins (Nan Stins, “he who is two”), prominent here in the mid-1800s, is also strongly associated with the area.

Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009.

Haida name is "Skungwai" meaning "Red Cod Island". Also spelled Skung Gwaii. S'Gaang Gwaii is the preferred modern spelling. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site 27 October 1981: www.unesco.org/whc/sites/157.htm See also Ninstints for additional information.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"On the largest Shangoi Island is an Indian village of the Shangoi tribe..." (Sailing Directions, Queen Charlotte Islands - Western Coast of North America, 1853, p.4); remarks by George H. Inskip, Master, RN. (British Library accession # 10496.i.29). British Admiralty Chart 2168, published in 1856, labels Anthony Island and positions the name "Skangoi" as if referring to the village site, Ninstints.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office