Kootenay Inlet


Kootenay Inlet (52˚51'00" 132˚11'00" NW side of Moresby I, NW of Tasu Sd, QCI), Kootenay Point (52˚50'00" 132˚16'00" Just S of Kootenay Inlet). The name is an adaptation of the traditional Haida term for the inlet and was adopted in 1946. It has no connection with the Kootenay region of SE BC. A Haida village was located at the head of Kootenay Inlet, and a trail ran from there to the head of Newcombe Inlet on Tasu Sd. The Hydah gold mine, first developed by George Chapman in 1913, was...

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