Hamilton Beach

Hamilton Beach (48˚46'00" 123˚16'00" Head of Port Browning, E side of N Pender I, Gulf Is), Hamilton Cove (48˚46'40" 123˚16'25" Just N of Hamilton Beach). Scottish stonecutter Alexander Hamilton (b about 1862) came to the US at the age of 20 and ended up at Victoria, where he carved gravestones at John Mortimer’s stoneyard. Mortimer’s quarry was near the isthmus between the two Pender Is, and Hamilton was so impressed with the area that he pre-empted land on N Pender in 1885 and built a...

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