Cameron Rocks


Cameron Rocks (49˚46'00" 126˚55'00" Nuchatlitz Inlet, W side of Nootka I, off W side of Vancouver I). David Cameron (1804–72), first chief justice of Vancouver I, was born in Scotland and became a cloth merchant in Perth before moving to British Guiana (Guyana) in 1830 to run a sugar-cane plantation. There he married Cecilia Douglas (see Cameron Point), sister of James Douglas, who later, after becoming gov of Vancouver I, arranged an HBC job for Cameron in Nanaimo. Soon, despite a lack of...

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