Nass Bay


Nass Bay (54˚58'00" 129˚54'00" Mouth of the Nass R), Nass Harbour (54˚56'00" 129˚56'00" SW side of Nass Bay), Nass Point (55˚01'00" 130˚00'00" E entrance to Observatory Inlet, N entrance to Nass Bay), Nass River (54˚58'37" 129˚53'22" Flows S and W from the Skeena Mtns into Nass Bay and Portland Inlet, NE of Prince Rupert). The name Nass (or Naas) comes from a Tlingit First Nation word meaning “food basket” and refers especially to the great abundance of eulachon and salmon found on...

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