Alexander Inlet (52˚38'00" 128˚37'00" SE end of Princess Royal I, NW of Bella Bella). Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander (1891–1969), 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, became Canada’s 17th gov gen in 1946. He was a WWII military leader, serving in Burma, the Middle East and Italy and becoming, in 1944, Supreme Allied Cdr Mediterranean, with the rank of field marshal. Alexander was the last British gov gen of Canada—an active, popular appointee who travelled widely, visiting BC in 1946,...
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