Kyak

As they neared anchorage at an island now known as Kyak, they could see billows of ferns, grasses, lady's slippers, rhododendrons, bluebells, forget-me-nots, rippling in the wind.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Because one man was alleged to have broken his contract the Government broke its contract with every man who had staked a coal claim, not only at Kyak, but anywhere else in

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

It was for this reason mainly that he had arranged the trip to Kyak.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Gordon had been one of the first locaters in the Kyak coal - fields, and he had also purchased a copper prospect a few miles down the bay from Cortez, where he had started a town which he called Hope.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

"He must believe Kyak Bay will make a safe harbor."

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Now then, some pioneers, at risk of life and health, came to Kyak and found coal.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

To their left the range they had just penetrated retreated toward the canon where the Salmon River burst its way out from the interior, and beyond that point it continued in a coastward swing to Kyak, their destination.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Kyak, to be sure, but it had not abandoned its original route, and in fact had maintained a small crew at the first defile outside of Cortez, known as Beaver Canon.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

He put nearly all of it into Kyak coal claims and borrowed seventy thousand more.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

We didn't even know Murray's whereabouts -- thought he was in Kyak, until he sounded the tocsin from New York.

The Iron Trail Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913