Bain Point

Bain Point (54˚02'00" 132˚35'00" W side of Naden Hbr, N end of Graham I, QCI). Named for Archibald Bain (d 1890), chief engineer of the RN paddle sloop Virago, under Cdr James Prevost, during a survey of N Graham I in 1853. Bain accompanied the Virago’s master, George Inskip, in the ship’s boat for an initial examination of Virago Sd and Naden Hbr. Inskip named nearby Isabella Point after Bain’s wife at the same time. Bain left the RN in 1874 but remained on navy lists and reached the...

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