Cumshewa Inlet

Coordinates: 53°3′N 131°47′W / 53.050°N 131.783°W / 53.050; -131.783
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Cumshewa Inlet (English:

Maritime Fur Trade following a custom whereby captains named locations for the most important local chief, in this case Cumshewa (or G'omshewah), who figures in maritime fur trade vessel logs from 1787 onwards. In 1794 Cumshewa and his followers massacred the crew of the American trading vessel Resolution
in Cumshewa Inlet.

References

  1. ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press

53°3′N 131°47′W / 53.050°N 131.783°W / 53.050; -131.783