Hastings Island

Hastings Island (52˚38'00" 128˚46'00" Entrance to Laredo Inlet, Princess Royal I). Named in 1927 for Oregon Columbus Hastings (1846–1912), born in Illinois, who came to Canada in 1875. His father, Loren Hastings, crossed N America on the Oregon Trail, participated in the California gold rush and settled at Port Townsend, becoming a member of the Washington legislature. After the death of his first wife, Matilda Caroline Birch, in 1881, Oregon married Australia-born Sylvestria Theodora Smith...

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