| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°10'13"N, 132°56'37"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 March 1933 on Ottawa file OBF 1420, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 3716, 1909 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Old Chief Blakow-Coneehaw (or Gunia - both are corruptions) was the head chief of Kiusta when the White traders first arrived, and it was he who exchanged names with William Douglas (as described in Q.C.Islands, vol 1) He was so well-known by all traders that Parry Passage was commonly called "Cunneyah's Straits" in the first years of trading. Gunia moved to Alaska during the migration of his tribe and was buried there." Source: Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973 |
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"The Haida name for Gunia Point was Otus Kwoon." Source: Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973 |