Masset
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Name
The name Masset was a gift from the captain of a Spanish vessel that was repaired with the assistance of the Haida citizens of Atewaas, Kayung and Jaaguhl. These three villages accepted the gift and adopted the name Masset to commemorate what might be the first ever contact between Europeans and the Haida.
During the early years of Canadian colonization the name Masset and the post office were adopted by the former Reverend Charles Harrison as part of his scheme to sell land.
The name Masset is currently in use by two places: the Village of Masset, a municipality under Canadian legislation; and by the Village of Old Massett, the original recipient of the name and a village under the Constitution of the Haida Nation.
According to John T. Walbran,[2]Template:Rp Masset came from the Haida word Masst, or large island. Captain Douglas, on his second visit from Nootka Sound aboard the Iphigenia on June 19, 1789, named the bay leading to the inlet McIntyre's Bay. This name was used on the charts of Dixon and Meares. The American traders called the inlet, Hancock's River as shown in Ingraham's chart of 1792 after the American brig Hancock. In 1853 H.N. Knox of the Royal Navy, mate on Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., did a sketch survey of the harbour when the name Masset was adopted by the British. A survey was made in 1907 by Captain Learmouth on HMS Egeria.
Masset's name in the local dialect of the Haida language is Uttewas, "white slope", probably referring to a small hill south of the village.[1]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Masset had a population of 838 living in 399 of its 518 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 793. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[3]
Oceanographic research
From 1942 to 1942, the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program was collecting coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans from Masset everyday during this period.[4]
Military base
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Canadian Forces Station Leitrim Detachment Masset, established as Naval Radio Station Masset in 1943, is a Canadian Forces facility used to gather signals intelligence for the Communications Security Establishment Canada and the Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch.[5] The equipment at CFS Masset is operated remotely from CFS Leitrim near Ottawa, Ontario.
Climate
The climate, moderated by a warm Pacific current from Japan, is generally mild with no extremes in temperature, oceanic (Cfb). Annual temperature varies only 20 degrees Celsius but is variable and unpredictable - even within a 24-hour period. Average rainfall is Script error: No such module "convert". with snowfall of Script error: No such module "convert".[6] and there is generally a breeze, most often out of the southeast when it is raining, and the northwest when it is sunny.
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Although it is located at over 54 degrees north, rainfall follows a Mediterranean pattern. It is one of the northernmost places with this characteristic. Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
See also
References
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External links
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia
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