Kains Island

Kains Island (50˚27'00" 128˚02'00" N entrance to Quatsino Sd, NW end of Vancouver I), Kains Point (50˚28'00" 128˚02'00" W entrance to Forward Inlet, N of Kains I), Mount Kains (50˚27'36" 128˚02'45" N entrance to Quatsino Sd). Que-born civil engineer Thomas Kains (1850–1901) was a draftsman for the CPR at Toronto and also did extensive survey work in Alberta and the NWT before joining BC’s Dept of Lands and Works and rising to become surveyor gen of BC, 1891–98. As chief surveyor,...

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