Tuck Narrows is located at the head of Tuck Inlet, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Tuck Inlet is a fjord with a depth of 260 feet (80 m) and an entrance sill depth of 34 feet (10.5 m). The inlet is named after Samuel Parker Tuck, who surveyed the shores of Prince Rupert Harbor and this inlet in 1892.
The BC Ferry “Spirit of Lax Kw’alaams” operates through Tuck Narrows, connecting Prince Rupert with Lax Kw’alaams, also known as Port Simpson. Lax Kw’alaams, derived from LaxÅ‚gu’alaams (formerly spelled Lach Goo Alams), means “place of the wild roses.” This location is an ancient camping site of the Gispaxlo’ots tribe.
In 1834, the Hudson’s Bay Company established a trading post named Fort Simpson at Lax Kw’alaams. The facility was named after Captain Aemilius Simpson, the superintendent of the Hudson’s Bay Marine Department, who had established a fort on the nearby Nass River in 1830. Fort Simpson aimed to undermine American dominance in the maritime fur trade along the Pacific coast. The name was later changed to Port Simpson. Read more here and here. Explore more of Tuck Narrows and Tuck Inlet here: