Boxer Cliff

Boxer Cliff (53˚06'00" 128˚26'00" N side of Khutze Inlet, opposite Princess Royal I), Boxer Reach (53˚30'00" 128˚59'00" NE side of Gribbell I, SW of Kitimat). HMS Boxer was a twin-screw gunboat (four guns) of 422 tonnes, built at Devonport, UK, in 1867 and launched the following year. It was based at Esquimalt (HQ of the RN’s Pacific Station), 1869–75, and was often used to investigate or settle incidents of First Nation unrest. In 1872, for instance, the Boxer’s officers were...

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