Duncanby Landing

Duncanby Landing (51˚24'20" 127˚38'43" E side of Goose Bay, S side of entrance to Rivers Inlet). James Graham built a wharf, store and fuel station at this spot about 1936 with the help of his father-in-law, cannery man Frank Inrig. According to Ken Campbell’s Cannery Village: Company Town, Inrig wanted to call the location Duncan Bay after his friend Tom Duncan, who had worked for him at Port Essington as an engineer. The name was already in use, so Graham and Inrig settled for Duncanby...

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