Bruce Islet

Bruce Islet (52˚30'00" 129˚02'00" Weeteeam Bay, SW side of Aristazabal I). Henry Bruce (1832–1910), a carpenter by trade, was a sapper with the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. He saw action in the Crimea in 1854, then travelled to BC on the Arato with Capt John Grant’s small group in 1858. Bruce stayed on after the detachment disbanded, taking up the free 60-ha land grant—offered to all Royal Engineers who remained in the colony—in the New...

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