Brotchie Ledge

Brotchie Ledge (48˚24'00" 123˚23'00" In Juan de Fuca Str, S of Victoria Hbr and Victoria). Capt William Brotchie (1799–1859), from Scotland, was on the Pacific coast as early as 1831 as a seaman aboard the HBC brig Dryad. From 1835 onward he was master of several HBC vessels, including the Cadboro (1835–38), Nereid (1839), Cowlitz (1841) and Beaver (1842–43). In 1849 he travelled to Vancouver I from London via Sydney, Australia, aboard the Albion, under Capt Richard Hinderwell; despite...

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