Several chiefs were arrested here and then imprisoned for holding a Potlatch Celebration as the Anti-Potlatch law was enforced to make an example to those who would defy it.
Cultural tours are available with advance notice.
Watch for Aboriginal Pictographs on the rock walls that mark burial sites. You can paddle into the archipelago of islands and channels towards Village Island, the site of Mamalillaculla, an abandoned village site. You can see the remains of one of the world's most controversial big houses.