Jaques Island

Jaques Island (48˚55'00" 125˚16'00" Between Jarvis I and Gibraltar I at NE side of Broken Group, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Josiah Jaques (c 1838–1912) received a Crown grant of land at the entrance to Uchucklesit Inlet in 1884 and acquired other grants in the vicinity of Port Renfrew in 1891. He was born at Manchester and came to Victoria in 1860, participating in the Cariboo gold rush and also spending much time as a prospector on the W coast of Vancouver I. Jaques was a...

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