Byers Bay

Byers Bay (53˚31'14" 130˚22'36" N side of Kingkown Inlet, NW end of Banks I), Byers Passage (48˚40'00" 123˚23'00" Between Little Shell I and Ker I, NE of Sidney, Gulf Is). Capt William Douglas Byers (1863–1944), a native of NS, became involved in the W coast pelagic fur seal industry after sailing round Cape Horn to Victoria in 1888. In 1893, as master of Carlotta G Cox, he outdid all other sealing schooners off the Japanese coast, securing a total of 2,766 skins. Geneva was another of...

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