William Washington Bolton led an expedition from near Shushartie, across the northern parts to Quatsino Sound, and then south to Great Central Lake.
[8] A trail connected Shushartie and Cape Scott, some of which was of a wagon road standard during the early years.
[11] The installation of government telephone lines along the trails connecting Holberg to Cape Scott, San Josef Bay, Sea Otter Cove and Shushartie,[12] was completed in 1915.
[13] Ships docked at a float[14] in the middle of the bay, and craft as small as rowboats ferried passengers and freight to the shore.
To avoid drowning in the rising tide, Kipling consented to the amputation of his leg with an axe.
The missionary steamer Evangelist conveyed the survivors and Kipling's remains to Alert Bay, for passage on the Princess Louise to Victoria.
[19] In the winter of 1902/03, the Boscowitz was towing the Methodist steamer Glad Tidings, when a bad leak added to engine troubles.
In the interim, a fierce storm drove the Glad Tidings onto the rocks, where the unsalvageable wreck rested for years.
[20] Jephther J. Skinner, the inaugural postmaster, served 1910–1934,[21] a role commonly performed by a storeowner in such places.
During the summertime, a water taxi service operates from Port Hardy to the trailhead on the western side of Shushartie Bay.