Hall Island

Hall Island (48˚59'00" 123˚36'00" Trincomali Channel, E of Kuper I, Gulf Is). Probably named after Richard Hall (1877–1959) and his brothers Charles and Reginald, members of an affluent Cheshire family, who bought James I in the early 1900s. Richard, an educated agriculturalist, first settled in Sask and then migrated to Thetis I in search of a milder climate. After farming on James I he moved to Mayne I in 1910 and bought land at Point Comfort. Hall hired Asian labourers and specialized in...

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