Jemmy Jones Island

Jemmy Jones Island (48˚27'00" 123˚16'00" W side of Baynes Channel, SE of Cadboro Bay, E of Victoria). James “Jemmy” Jones (1830–82), born in Wales, was a well-known skipper on the BC coast in the 19th century, having immigrated to California in 1849 and Puget Sd in 1854. He bought or built several small schooners—the Emily Parker, Wild Pigeon and Carolina—all of which came to grief while trading between Puget Sd ports and Vancouver I. The Carolina was wrecked on the island now named...

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