Flewett Point

Flewett Point (49˚06'00" 123˚48'00" S entrance to Boat Hbr, SE of Cedar, E side of Vancouver I). William Minter Flewett (1832–1914) was born at London, England, and moved to NB in 1853, where he worked as a mining engineer. He married three times and had numerous children. In 1873 he arrived at Nanaimo and, in about 1881, married his third wife, Martha (1832–1915), who had come to Canada from Holland in 1875. After working in the coal mines, he bought an 8-m steam launch, the Mercury,...

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