Collishaw Point

Collishaw Point (49˚33'00" 124˚41'00" NW side of Hornby I, Str of Georgia). Raymond Collishaw (1893–1976) was born and raised at Nanaimo and found his first job on a fisheries patrol boat, then took flying lessons and became a pilot with the Royal Naval Air Service. He shot down 60 enemy aircraft in WWI—the third-highest total on the Allied side and fifth-highest overall—and was awarded the DSC, DSO and DFC. He stayed with the RAF, flying and fighting in Russia and Iraq, and in WWII...

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