Hotspring Island

Hotspring Island (52˚35'00" 131˚26'00" Between Ramsay I and Murchison I, SE of Lyell I, QCI). This scenic spot had a fearsome reputation for many Haida, who knew it as the Island of Fire. Mining engineer Francis Poole called it Volcanic I in 1862. Other Haida refer to it as Randll K’in Gwaayaay, or “hot-water island,” and consider the place sacred: a location where the natural thermal pools can aid in physical and spiritual healing. There may have once been a village on the E side of...

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