Arnet Island

Arnet Island (49 ̊09'00" 125 ̊54'00" N of Tofino, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Jacob Hendrick Arnet (1869– 1941) pre-empted 80 ha at Tofino in 1893 and carved out a homestead. He married Johanna Johnson (1867–1942) in 1896 and worked as the watchman for the sawmill at Mosquito Hbr in the early 1900s. Arnet was coxswain on the local lifeboat and served as Tofino’s first mayor, 1932– 35. Arnet I was also known as Tibb’s I, Castle I and Dream I after the unusual residence...

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