Balch Islands

Balch Islands (53˚14'00" 132˚05'00" N of Maude I, Skidegate Inlet, QCI). Lafayette Balch (1825–62), a native of Maine, founded the Washington state community of Steilacoom in 1850 and established a brisk trade shipping lumber to San Francisco. In Jan 1852, with the schooner Demaris Cove, he rescued the crew and passengers of the schooner Georgianna in Skidegate Inlet. Both ships were US-based and had travelled to Haida Gwaii late in 1851 to investigate rumours of gold. The Georgianna was...

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