Colvile Island

Colvile Island (48˚26'00" 123˚23'00" W side of Victoria Hbr, NE of Work Point). British merchant Andrew Wedderburn Colvile (1779–1856) owned sugar plantations in Jamaica and was a shrewd and practical businessman. He first acquired stock in the HBC in 1809 after his brother-in-law Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and founder of the Red River Colony, became a shareholder. Colvile served as HBC deputy gov, 1839–52, and gov, 1852–56. His son Eden Colvile was also an HBC gov. The name of...

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