Dallas Island


Dallas Island (52˚22'00" 128˚28'00" Off SW side of Dowager I, Milbanke Sd, NW of Bella Bella). Jane Douglas (1839–1909) was born at Ft Vancouver in what is now Washington state, the second surviving daughter of HBC chief trader James Douglas and his wife, Amelia. She moved with her family in 1849 to Ft Victoria, where her father soon became gov of Vancouver I. Jane married wealthy businessman and HBC director Alexander Grant Dallas (1816–82, see Dallas Bank) in Victoria but spent most of...

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