Gordon Point

Gordon Point (50˚46'00" 126˚44'00" S side of Broughton I, Fife Sd, NE end of Queen Charlotte Str). Capt George Vancouver named this point in 1792 after Sir Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743–1827), in association with Duff Point (qv) on the opposite side of Fife Sd. James Duff had been Vancouver’s friend and shipmate aboard HMS Europa, 1786–89, and Gordon, a great landowner and leader of one of Scotland’s most powerful families, had been Duff’s patron, helping him gain...

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