Embley Lagoon

Embley Lagoon (50˚57'00" 126˚52'00" Head of Grappler Sd, NW of Broughton I, N of E Queen Charlotte Str). Embley Park, England, was the Hampshire home of William Nightingale, father of Florence Nightingale, the famed pioneer of modern nursing. Its connection with the BC coast is tenuous indeed: Florence Nightingale’s sister, Parthenope, was the second wife of Sir Harry Verney, whose son (by his first wife) was Lt Cdr Edmund Verney, commander of RN gunboat Grappler, which was in BC waters in...

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