Craft Island

Craft Island (52˚35'00" 129˚08'00" In Clifford Bay, W side of Aristazabal I). Sapper Philip Craft (1828–74) was a member of the Columbia detachment of the Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. The correct spelling of his name seems to have been Crart. He came to BC in 1859 aboard Thames City with his wife, Elizabeth Herring, and family (which included two stepchildren) and served as orderly to Lt Arthur Lempriere. Later that year his wife, in a tragic fit of despondency, killed one...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.