Fleury Island

Fleury Island (53˚13'00" 132˚07'00" S of Lina I, Maude Channel, between Graham I and Moresby I, QCI). Victoria pioneer Frances “Fanny” Fleury (1836–1899) married Francis Claudet, superintendent of BC’s colonial assay office, in 1863. He assayed QCI coal samples from the Cowgitz Mine at Kagan Bay. The Claudets lived for 10 years at New Westminster, where Francis attempted, without success, to establish a mint for BC. The family then moved to London, England, but two sons returned and...

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