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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OP CANADA. 



Fine timber. 



Dana and Sel- 

 wyn Inlet?. 



Rock-fish 

 Harbour. 



rounded hills of a nearly uniform heighth of about 800 feet. They arc- 

 not without some good gravelly beaches, though generally rocky. 



In the inlets and bays just described, in the vicinity of Lyell Island, 

 there is a considerable quantity of fine timber, trees of great stature 

 growing in all moderately level and sheltered places. The most abund- 

 ant tree here, as elsewhere on the islands is Abies Menziesii. The ' yel- 

 low cedar,' Cupressus Nutkatensis, occurs rather sparingly toward the 

 heads of the inlets. The Laskeek or Klue Indian village, is situated on 

 the eastern extremity of Tan-oo Island. It is one of the most populous 

 still remaining in the Queen Charlotte Islands. 



The two northern inlets from Laskeek Bay may be called Dana and 

 Selwyn Inlets. In the mouth of Dana Inlet is a small, high, rocky 

 island, of rounded form, which may be called Helmet Island. A second 

 small island is near it, and from most points of view the channel be- 

 tween the two is not seen. Care must be taken to avoid mistaking this 

 island for Flower-pot Island, in the mouth of Logan Inlet. Dana Inlet 

 is six and a half miles long, and runs nearly due westward, with bold 

 shores. At its extremity it turns northward, communicating by a 

 narrow but apparently deep passage with Selwyn Inlet, and thus cut- 

 ting off Tal-un-kwan Island, seven miles in length. The hills on this 

 island are rounded and regular in form, and rise to elevations of from 

 800 to 900 feet. Selwyn Inlet runs westward, parallel to the last, for 

 about seven miles, and then turning north-westward, runs for a like 

 distance in that direction, giving off three arms, one of which forms at 

 high- water a passage for canoes into the upper part of Cumshewa 

 Inlet, and separates Louise Isla?id from the main shore. A small island 

 lies off the north entrance point, with a low rock off it. The remainder 

 of the east-and-west reach of the inlet appears to be free from obstruc- 

 tions, with the exception of a small rock near the south shore. After 

 giving the islets at the north entrance point a wide berth, a vessel 

 should keep the north shore on board, til lin five miles the entrance 

 of Bock-fish Harbour is reached. This harbour is formed by a book- 

 shaped projection of low land, at the angle of Selwyn Inlet. It runs in 

 westward for about a mile and a half, with a width of about half a mile, 

 and an average depth of about fifteen fathoms. It is a secure and well- 

 sheltered anchorage, more easily entered than Cumshewa Harbour. 

 The west branch of Selwyn Inlet was estimated to run four miles west- 

 south- westward, and cannot be more than nine or ten miles from the 

 upper arms of Mitchell or Cold Harbour, of the west coast. A low 

 valley was observed to run some distance westward from the head of 

 this branch. Of the two remaining arms of Selwyn Inlet, one appears 

 to end blindly in about two miles, the second running north-north-east- 

 ward, forms the communication with Cumshewa Inlet already alluded 



