Harriot Island

Harriot Island (53˚41'00" 129˚44'00" In Klewnuggit Inlet, E of Grenville Channel and Pitt I). After Harriot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton (1843–1936), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, and wife of Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third gov gen. The vice-regal pair (who at the time had the rank of earl and countess) made a cruise of the BC coast in 1876 aboard HMS Amethyst, during which this feature was named, as well as the nearby Countess of Dufferin Range. The marchioness received numerous awards for...

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