Corney Cove

Corney Cove (52˚37'00" 128˚43'00" SW end of Princess Royal I, near W entrance to Meyers Passage). Peter Corney was a British mariner and adventurer who worked intermittently for the NWC and HBC between 1813 and 1836, when he died aboard the HBC barque Columbia. In 1821 he wrote a series of articles on the PNW for the London Gazette, pointing out “the vast trade that is being carried on ... by the Americans and the Russians while an English flag is rarely to be seen.” His collected...

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