Jesse Island

Jesse Island (49˚12'00" 123˚57'00" N side of Departure Bay, just N of Nanaimo). Named after a seaman named Jesse who served aboard HMS Virago and was a member of the boat’s crew that helped sound this area in 1853. It was unusual for 19th-century seamen to have places named for them; that honour was reserved for officers and “gentlemen.” George Inskip, however, master of the Virago, named several nearby features after his more humble helpers. In 1934, regional hydrographer Henri...

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