DeWolf Island


DeWolf Island (52˚07'00" 128˚18'00" S entrance to Raymond Passage, just SW of Bella Bella). Henry George DeWolf, CBE, DSO, DSC (1903–2000), was a celebrated RCN officer. Born in NS, he graduated from the Royal Naval College of Canada in 1918 and had his first command in 1920 on the patrol vessel Festubert. He commanded destroyers in WWII, including HMCS St Laurent, first Canadian warship to engage the enemy, and HMCS Haida, Canada’s most successful warship, which sank or helped sink three...

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