Egmont

Egmont (49˚45'00" 123˚56'00" NW end of Sechelt Inlet, S side of Jervis Inlet, E of Powell R), Egmont Point (49˚46'00" 123˚57'00" NE end of Skookumchuck Narrows, NW of Egmont). HMS Egmont, a 74-gun ship of the line, took part in the 1797 Battle of Cape St Vincent, under Capt John Sutton. Sir John Jervis, the battle’s champion, was created Earl St Vincent after his victory, and by naming Egmont Point in 1860, Capt George Richards continued a theme begun in 1792 when Capt George Vancouver...

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