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Jedway is a and erstwhile settlement and mining camp on Harriet Harbour, part of Skincuttle Inlet, on the east coast of Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. Jedway was once a hub for mines in the area during a mining boom on South Moresby, including mines at and Lockeport, though a mine at the Jedway iron-magnetite deposit, known as the Jessie showings, did not open until 1961. In the earlier period, Jedway had been the "capital" of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) until that (the headquarters of the provincial Gold Commissioner, , whose position carried with it all the functions of and powers of government, to Queen Charlotte City in 1910. A 1908 in The Ledge, a mining newspaper based in Greenwood, said "there is room for another hotel in Jedway". Jedway rem

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  • Jedway is a and erstwhile settlement and mining camp on Harriet Harbour, part of Skincuttle Inlet, on the east coast of Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. Jedway was once a hub for mines in the area during a mining boom on South Moresby, including mines at and Lockeport, though a mine at the Jedway iron-magnetite deposit, known as the Jessie showings, did not open until 1961. In the earlier period, Jedway had been the "capital" of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) until that (the headquarters of the provincial Gold Commissioner, , whose position carried with it all the functions of and powers of government, to Queen Charlotte City in 1910. A 1908 in The Ledge, a mining newspaper based in Greenwood, said "there is room for another hotel in Jedway". Jedway remained a local service centre after that, however, with two Chinese sentenced to months-long imprisonment being relocated there from Queen Charlotte City in 1912 indicating the presence of jail facilities there. (en)
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  • Jedway is a and erstwhile settlement and mining camp on Harriet Harbour, part of Skincuttle Inlet, on the east coast of Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. Jedway was once a hub for mines in the area during a mining boom on South Moresby, including mines at and Lockeport, though a mine at the Jedway iron-magnetite deposit, known as the Jessie showings, did not open until 1961. In the earlier period, Jedway had been the "capital" of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) until that (the headquarters of the provincial Gold Commissioner, , whose position carried with it all the functions of and powers of government, to Queen Charlotte City in 1910. A 1908 in The Ledge, a mining newspaper based in Greenwood, said "there is room for another hotel in Jedway". Jedway rem (en)
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