Demariscove Point

Demariscove Point (53˚13'00" 132˚23'00" E side of N entrance to Armentières Channel, Skidegate Inlet, QCI). The Demaris Cove, under Capt Lafayette Balch, voyaged to the QCI late in 1851 to investigate rumours of gold and rendezvous with the Georgianna, another US schooner. Balch discovered that the Georgianna had been wrecked in a storm and its occupants held (whether as “guests” or prisoners depends on who is telling the story) for two months by the Haida. He returned home, where the US...

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