Heddington Point

Heddington Point (53˚08'00" 128˚34'00" N entrance to Aaltanhash Inlet, E of Princess Royal I). Thomas Heddington (1774–1852) joined the RN in 1786 and served as a young midshipman aboard HMS Chatham on Capt George Vancouver’s voyage to the PNW. He was a skilled artist, and a few of his landscape drawings survive from the voyage, along with his logbooks. Promoted lt in 1795, Heddington was at sea until 1802, then moved to a series of land-based appointments: cdr of a signal station, agent...

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