The ferry corporation declined suggestions that the replacement ship be named in honour of the village of Hartley Bay.
At Hartley Bay, where the Gitga'ata live, the group is known as the House of Sinaxeet.
Hartley Bay is a First Nations community on the coast of British Columbia.
For most of the twentieth century, the fishing industry sustained the people of Hartley Bay.
The small town of Hartley Bay sits on its northern shore and is home to the Gitga'ata, a Tsimshian group.
He was from the Tsimshian community of Hartley Bay, B.C.
It is located 25 km east of Hartley Bay and 75 km south of Kitimat.
Hartley Bay (157 km, 98 mi, southeast)
Most Tsimshian-speakers in Hartley Bay today, however, speak the form of the language shared by villages to the north.
All but two passengers were rescued by the people of Hartley Bay, which is nearby.