Grafton Bay

Grafton Bay (49˚24'00" 123˚22'00" W side of Bowen I, Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). Caroline Susanna Grafton (1834–1914), who died in the tragic sinking of the Empress of Ireland, came to Ont from England with her daughter in the 1880s in order to join her three sons. Eldest son Thomas David Grafton (1866–1934) moved W and pre-empted land on Bowen I; the rest of the family soon joined him and acquired additional island property. Thomas was lighthouse keeper or assistant keeper at Point...

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