Frederiksen Point


Frederiksen Point (50˚48'00" 128˚21'00" N of head of Hansen Lagoon, E of Cape Scott, NW tip of Vancouver I). Theo Frederiksen was one of the original Danish settlers at Cape Scott, arriving in 1896 with wife Johanne and family. With a partner, Carl Rasmussen, he managed to transport a small, disassembled sawmill to the cape and produce lumber for housing and for the colony’s boat, the Cape Scott. Frederiksen and N P Jensen set up driftwood fences and planted clover to stabilize and reclaim...

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