Dickens Point

Dickens Point (55˚09'00" 130˚07'00" S of Stopford Point, SE side of Portland Canal, NW of Nass Bay). Sub-Lt Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens (1847–72) served on the BC coast, 1868–70, aboard HMS Zealous, flagship of Rear Adm George Hastings, Pacific Station cdr-in-chief. He was the fifth son of the famed English novelist Charles Dickens and entered the navy as a 14-year-old. Promoted to lt in 1872 on HMS Narcissus, he became ill and died later that same year in Aden. Young Dickens was one...

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