Deas Rock

Deas Rock (52˚38'00" 128˚47'00" Off W side of Hastings I, Laredo Sd, NW of Bella Bella). Sapper William Deas was a member of the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. He may not have joined the rest of the contingent until 1861. He remained in the colony after the engineers were disbanded and bought the Columbia Hotel in New Westminster (“the substantials and delicacies of the season will always be found on the table”) with fellow sapper Samuel Dawson. In...

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