Cox Rocks

Cox Rocks (52˚51'00" 129˚02'00" In Racey Inlet, W side of Princess Royal I). Sapper John H Cox (1835–1926) was a member of the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. He was born in Somerset, England, and arrived with the main body of men in 1959 aboard the Thames City. In 1863, at New Westminster, he married Minnie Gillan (1847–1911), who came from England in the Tynemouth, a so-called brideship. Cox was a jack of all trades. He served as a constable in the...

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