Braza Island

Braza Island (50˚40'00" 126˚15'00" Off SE end of Gilford I, Knight Inlet). Named to recall the original Spanish name for Knight Inlet—Brazo de Vernaci—bestowed by the explorers Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano and Cayetano Valdés in 1792 during their historic circumnavigation of Vancouver I. Brazo is the Spanish word for “arm.” Juan Vernaci y Retamal, of Italian heritage, was 1st lt aboard the Mexicana under Valdés (though some reports describe him as the pilot of Galiano’s ship, the...

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