Dundas Island

Dundas Island (54˚33'47" 130˚52'22" Largest of the Dundas Is), Dundas Islands (54˚28'57" 130˚56'22" W side of Chatham Sd, NW of Prince Rupert). The island group was named Dundas’s I in 1793 by Capt George Vancouver, who thought he was looking at one solid land mass. Lawyer and politician Henry Dundas (1742–1811) was treasurer of the navy, 1782–1800, and held a number of other important offices under PM William Pitt the Younger, his great friend. He was an MP, solicitor gen for...

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