Becher Bay

Becher Bay (48˚20'00" 123˚37'00" S end of Vancouver I, between Sooke Hbr and Pedder Bay). Alexander Bridport Becher (1796–1876) was an RN hydrographer who began his career helping chart lakes in eastern Canada in 1814–17. He worked as a surveyor in the N Atlantic, was promoted to capt in 1856 and served as an assistant at the Admiralty’s hydrographic office for more than three decades. Becher wrote numerous books on navigation and marine history, edited the Nautical Magazine and made...

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