| Feature Type: | Bight - Water area in a broad indentation of the shoreline. |
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Not official
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| Relative Location: | W end Johnstone Strait, SE of Telegraph Cove, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'16"N, 126°35'34"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Translation: "gray haired", referring to the appearance of burnt or dead trees. The name has also been written us'akw. This was a place of origin and an old village site, utilized as a fishing station by the Tlawitsis, Talitli and Komkiutis. According to Boas, this was a place of origin for the Komkiutis. At the 1914 McKenna-McBride hearings, both the Matilpi and the Tlawitsis claimed this location; oral history and documentary souces suggest that there was a shifting of territorial boundaries in this area in the late 1800s - early 1900s. Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |
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Published references to this site (including maps): Boas, Franz, "Geographical Names of the Kwakiutl Indians" Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology 20, New York, 1934 (map 11/6); and Galois, Robert, "Kwakwaka'wakw Settlements, 1775 - 1920: A geographical analysis and Gazeteer" UBC Press, Vancouver, 1994 (maps Mt 19, Tt 15). Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |