Alma Russell Islands

Alma Russell Islands (48˚57'00" 125˚12'00" NW side of Imperial Eagle Channel, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Formerly known as Narrow Is and Julia Is, these features were renamed by regional hydrographer Henri Parizeau in 1935. Alma Russell (1873–1964), born at Douglastown, NB, moved with her family to Victoria in the 1880s. Trained at the Pratt Institute of Library Science, Brooklyn, NY, she was BC’s first professional female librarian and served as assistant provincial archivist...

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