Fell Point


Fell Point (52˚31'00" 128˚26'00" NW entrance to Nowish Inlet, Susan I, NW of Bella Bella). James Fell (1821–90) emigrated from England, where he was a tea merchant at Liverpool, to Victoria in 1858. He started up a spice and coffee business, and later a grocery, with John Finlayson, then took over the trade himself in 1868. Fell’s reputation as an outspoken spiritualist did not prevent him from becoming mayor of Victoria, 1886–87, at which time he helped found the city’s first public...

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