New Clew, also Clue, Kloo, Kliew, Klue, Clew Indian Reserve, is a locality and

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of the

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people, located on the north shore of

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, which is located in

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, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, of the

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. New Clew is believed to be the site of the historically important Haida village of Tanu or Tlanú, a

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which has been cited by anthropologist

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as being "of historical importance". "Kloo" is the word in the

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dialect of the

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for "canoe". Across the inlet from New Clew is

Cumshewa Cumshewa, also Go'mshewah, Cummashawa, Cummashawaas, Cumchewas, and Gumshewa, was an important hereditary leader of the Haida people of Haida Gwaii on the North Coast of what is now British Columbia, Canada. His name is believed to be of either Kw ...

, which is near the site of another historical village, Djí-gua.

"...Kloo (Tlanú)... would seem to be a very modern town. In recent times the people of this town moved to a place where the so-called "Kloo Oil Works" were built, not far from the old site of Djí-gua, but after living there a few years, passed on the Skidegate." (Stanton, J.R., The Haida; Jesup Expedition, vol 5, pt 1, 1905, pp.96-97)

References

BC Names entry "New Clew (locality)"

External links

Photos of Tanu, Burke Museum, U.WashParks Canada site
{{NHSC Haida villages National Historic Sites in British Columbia Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia

See also

References

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