Creak Islands

Creak Islands (54˚05'00" 130˚29'00" Off N side of Porcher I, Chatham Sd, just S of Prince Rupert), Creak Point (54˚05'00" 130˚28'00" W of Hunt Inlet, N side of Porcher I). Capt Ettrick William Creak, CB (1835–1920), was never present on the BC coast. He joined the RN’s navigating branch about 1849 and was appointed to the hydrographic dept in 1868. For many years he served as superintendent of compasses, on which subject he wrote numerous technical papers. A fellow of the Royal and...

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