Downie Island

Downie Island (53˚08'47" 132˚21'35" W end of W Narrows, Skidegate Channel, QCI). “Major” William Downie (1819–94), originally from Scotland, worked as a sailor, logger and storekeeper before becoming a miner in California—and, in 1849, the founder of Downieville. He arrived in BC in 1858 and was commissioned by Gov James Douglas to investigate potential mining zones and routes, including in the Pemberton area, Jervis and Bute inlets, the Skeena R, Babine Lk and, in 1865, the Big Bend...

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