Bowen Bay

Bowen Bay (49 ̊22'00" 123 ̊25'00" W side of Bowen I), Bowen Island (49 ̊23'00" 123 ̊22'00" Entrance to Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). James Bowen (1751–1835) had an illustrious career with the RN, which he entered in the late 1770s as a master (a senior non-commissioned rank) after commanding vessels in the merchant marine. He was master of HMS Queen Charlotte, Adm Lord Howe’s flagship, during the 1794 defeat of the French fleet off Brittany in the battle known as the Glorious First of...

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