Carmelo Point

Carmelo Point (49˚27'00" 123˚24'00" On Gambier I, between Centre Bay and West Bay, Howe Sd). Spanish naval officer José Narváez, the first European to explore the Str of Georgia, gave the name Bocas del Carmelo to Howe Sd in 1791, no doubt on or about July 16, the saint day of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. This title for Mary, the mother of Jesus, is associated with the Roman Catholic Carmelite order, originally founded in the 12th century on Mt Carmel, a mountain range in northern Israel. The...

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