Allen Point

Allen Point (53˚26'30" 128˚24'10" S shore of Europa Reach, Gardner Canal, SE of Kitimat). Cdr Allen Thomas Hunt (1866–1943) entered the RN in 1879, took part in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and the Boer War, and was in charge of HMS Shearwater on the BC coast, 1904–6. The sloop Shearwater had a lengthy history as an Esquimalt-based naval vessel (see Shearwater I). Hunt went on to an important RN career, commanding a light cruiser squadron in WWI, becoming a vice adm in 1922 and, in...

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