Gordon Head

Gordon Head (48˚30'00" 123˚18'00" E of Mt Douglas and Margaret Bay, N of Victoria), Gordon Rock (Just off Gordon Head). Capt John Gordon (1792–1869), whose brother George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, served as a British foreign secretary and PM, was in PNW waters on “special service” with HMS America, 1845–46. Gordon was charged with preparing a report on the region’s suitability for settlement and colonization, which he based on his own superficial opinions and a...

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