Hare Point

Hare Point (50˚04'00" 124˚47'00" W side of Gifford Peninsula, Desolation Sd, NW of Vancouver). Named after Cdr Richard Hare (1836–1903) of HMS Myrmidon, a 630-tonne gun and survey vessel that was based on the Pacific Station, at Esquimalt, in 1873. Hare, a younger son of the Earl of Listowel, had served earlier in the E Indies as lt and acting cdr of HMS Hornet. He was promoted capt in 1879 and, eventually, rear adm.

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