Gallows Point

Gallows Point (49˚10'00" 123˚55'00" S end of Protection I, Nanaimo Hbr). Two Cowichan (Quw’utsun’) First Nation men, Sque’is and Siam’a’sit, were hung here in 1853 after being found guilty of murdering an HBC shepherd at Lake Hill the previous Nov. The pursuit of the criminals, led by Gov James Douglas himself, was an early demonstration of British power. The steamship Beaver towed a string of smaller RN and HBC vessels filled with sailors and marines to Cowichan and Nanaimo. There,...

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