Kumdis Bay


Kumdis Bay (53˚42'00" 132˚09'00" E side of Masset Inlet, Graham I, QCI), Kumdis Island (53˚45'00" 132˚10'00" At S entrance to Masset Sd), Kumdis Slough (53˚44'00" 132˚09'00" Separates E side of Kumdis I from Graham I). According to QCI historian Kathleen Dalzell, Kumdis is a modification of the island’s Haida name, which means “island with long points at the mouth of the channel.” It is also spelled Cumdis, Cundis and Kundis on early maps. In 1884, Newton Chittenden called it Cub I,...

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