Foucault Bluff

Foucault Bluff (48˚54'00" 125˚05'00" SE side of Tzartus I, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Named for the 1st mate of the French ship Bordelais, under Capt Camille de Roquefeuil, which visited Barkley Sd for two weeks in Sept 1817 while circumnavigating the globe on a trading voyage. Foucault, whose first name is unknown, had served as a lt in the French navy; on the BC coast he explored Bamfield and Grappler inlets with the ship’s boats. Roquefeuil returned to the PNW the following...

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