Crease Island

Crease Island (50˚37'00" 126˚39'00" N of Harbledown I, E end of Queen Charlotte Str). Lawyer Henry Pering Pellew Crease (1823–1905), born in Cornwall, UK, first came to eastern Canada with his parents in 1849, then returned to England to manage a tin mine. In 1858 he was back, this time to Victoria, where he set up as the colony of Vancouver I’s first barrister. He was elected to its legislative assembly in 1860 and the following year was appointed attorney gen, keeping the position when...

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