Gillan Point

Gillan Point (53˚38'00" 132˚58'00" N of Port Chanal, W side of Graham I, QCI), Gillen Harbour (52˚59'00" 129˚36'00" S end of Dewdney I, Estevan Group, N of Caamaño Sd). William Hugh Gillen (1872–1930) began his life on the sea as a NS fisherman, then crewed out of Halifax to S America and the W Indies. He came to BC in 1895 and worked on sealers before being put in charge of the Bamfield lifeboat station in 1907, the year before he married Jessie Paterson Taylor (1882–1962) at...

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