Cunningham Island

Cunningham Island (52˚14'00" 127˚59'00" Just N of Denny I, N of Bella Bella). Thomas Cunningham (1837–1916), a native of Ireland, came to Canada in 1853 and arrived at Victoria about six years later to join the gold rush. In 1861 he settled at New Westminster and opened a hardware store, then expanded his business to Nanaimo, buying the Vancouver Coal Co’s general store there in 1864 and operating under the name Cunningham Bros with his brother James (1835–1925). In 1864 he married...

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