Huron Island

Huron Island (52˚02'00" 128˚21'00" Queens Sd, SW of Bella Bella). The hydrographic service, in a surge of patriotic fervour, suggested a great number of war-related place names in the early 1940s. Huron I was one of them, named in 1944 after RCN Tribal-class destroyer Huron (the island is part of the Tribal Group). The 1,748-tonne, 115-m vessel was commissioned in 1943 and had a top speed of 36 knots. It played an active role in WWII, escorting convoys on the N Russia route, battling (and...

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