Hardwicke Island

Hardwicke Island (50˚26'00" 125˚51'00" Between Sunderland Channel and Johnstone Str), Hardwicke Point (50˚26'00" 125˚59'00" W end of Hardwicke I). Capt George Vancouver named the island in 1792 as a compliment to Spelman Swaine, master’s mate aboard HMS Discovery (see Cape Swaine). Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757–1834), was the MP for Cambridge, 1780–90, and as Swaine’s father was a man of influence in the county, Yorke took an interest in his son and helped advance his...

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