Annacis Channel (49 ̊11'00" 122 ̊57'00" Lower Fraser R, between Annacis I and Lulu I), Annacis Island (49 ̊10'00" 122 ̊57'00" E of Lulu I). Francis Noel Annance, born in 1789 at St Francis, Que, was a fur trader of mixed Abenaki descent who joined the NWC in 1818 and worked as a trapper in the Columbia district. When the company merged with the HBC, he stayed on as a clerk and interpreter. In 1824 the literate, multilingual Annance accompanied James McMillan on a survey of the lower Fraser...
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