Denman Island

Denman Island (49˚32'45" 124˚47'31" Between Hornby I and Vancouver I, W side of Str of Georgia), Denman Point (49˚33'00" 124˚51'00" W side of Denman I). Spanish explorer José Narváez named Denman I and Hornby I the Islas de Lerena, after Spanish politician and minister Pedro Lopez de Lerena (1734–92). Denman I received its current name from Capt George Richards about 1864. Rear Adm Joseph Denman (1810-74) was cdr-in-chief on the Pacific Station, 1864–66, based at Esquimalt on his...

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