Adamson Rocks

Adamson Rocks (48˚54'00" 125˚09'00" E side of Imperial Eagle Channel, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Capt John William Adamson, in command of the British ship Jenny, left Bristol in 1793 and traded very successfully between Oregon and Alaska the following summer, getting most of his 2,000 pelts in the QCI and travelling part of the distance with a Haida chief from Langara I named Kow. Adamson was an experienced mariner, having sailed with John Meares and also served as 2nd mate on the...

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