Harvey Point


Harvey Point (50˚32'00" 126˚16'00" E entrance to Port Harvey), Port Harvey (50˚33'00" 126˚16'00" SE side of W Cracroft I, Johnstone Str). Capt Thomas Harvey (1810–68) of HMS Havannah served on the Pacific Station, 1855–59. He entered the RN in 1822, was promoted capt in 1848 and took charge of the southern division of the Pacific Station in 1863, aboard HMS Leander, with the rank of commodore. Harvey, who was the eldest son of Vice Adm Sir Thomas Harvey, became a rear adm himself in...

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