Dorman Island

Dorman Island (50˚36'07" 126˚20'12" S of Minstrel I, Clio Channel, N of Cracroft Is and Johnstone Str). John “Jack” Grandison Dorman (1889–1969) was born at Port Greville, NS. He came to Vancouver about 1910 and first operated a sawmill, then worked for various canneries on Vancouver I and the N coast. A colourful character known as “Johnny Bones,” Dorman managed the Canadian Fishing Co cannery at Bones Bay on W Cracroft I from the 1920s until the mid-’50s, when it closed...

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