Rose Harbour

ROSE HARBOUR, on the north side of Kunghit Island, looks across Houston Stewart Channel at Moresby Island in the southern QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. It was named in 1788 by a fur trader after George Rose, a British public figure. In 1910 the Pacific Whaling Co built a shore WHALING station at the site. The station operated until 1943; at its height it was the most productive whaling station on the coast, employing about 100 men, mainly JAPANESE and CHINESE, from Apr to Oct. In 1999 the site was...

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