Flyaway Islet

Flyaway Islet (52˚47'00" 131˚59'00" SW entrance to Two Mtn Bay, Tasu Sd, Moresby I, QCI). The 7-tonne sloop Flyaway cruised 5,000 km in BC and Alaska waters while its master, Cape Breton native Capt Daniel McLean (b 1851), searched for mineral wealth and worked as a placer gold miner. He came to the W coast in 1880 and later, with his brother Capt Alex McLean, became involved in the sealing industry. Daniel was the first sealer, aboard the US schooner City of San Diego, to hunt in the Bering...

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