Brackett Cove

Brackett Cove (48˚46'45" 123˚16'20" NE of Hamilton Cove, Port Browning, N Pender I, Gulf Is). The Brackett family pioneered here in the 1890s. James Alexander Brackett (1860–1929) and his wife, Margaret (1864–1945), moved from Dresden, Ont, to New Westminster to live and also bought property on N Pender I. While staying on Pender in Sept 1898, the great New Westminster fire destroyed all their possessions, so they decided to remain and become permanent residents. Their house, built in...

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