Croft Island


Croft Island (52˚38'00" 128˚47'00" Just W of Hastings I, S entrance to Laredo Inlet, S end of Princess Royal I), Crofton (48˚52'00" 123˚39'00" N of Duncan, E side of Vancouver I). Henry “Harry” Croft (1856–1917), born at Sydney, Australia, and trained as an engineer, immigrated to BC in 1882 and became involved in the lumber industry at Chemainus. He married Mary Jean Dunsmuir (1862–1928), a daughter of industrialist Robert Dunsmuir, at Victoria in 1885 and served as MLA for...

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