Bowles Point

Bowles Point (52˚04'00" 131˚07'00" W side of Kunghit I, SE of Moresby I, QCI). William Bowles was a mariner and fur trader who spent much time in the QCI in the late 18th century. He sailed with Capt Robert Gray on the first voyage of the Columbia Rediviva, 1787–90, and later became mate of the Sea Otter, under Capt Stephen Hill. When Hill and two other crew members were killed in 1796 during a skirmish with the Haida, Bowles took command of the vessel and completed the trading mission,...

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