Slatechuck Mountain

Slatechuck Mountain, known in Haida as Kaagan, stands on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii near Daajing Giids, Skidegate Inlet, and Yakoun Lake. Its enduring importance lies in Haida culture as the only known source in the world of a rare black argillite, often called black slate, used in Haida art. This carving stone occurs only in limited places on the mountain’s slope above the basin of Slatechuck Creek, and only Haida have the right to quarry it. The mountain’s English name reflects its link to the creek and to the stone, and its significance remains inseparable from Haida artistic tradition.

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