Kelsey Bay

Kelsey Bay (50˚24'00" 125˚58'00" S side of Johnstone Str, NW of Campbell R). Charles William Kelsey (1880–1953) came to BC from Washington state in 1906 and handlogged with his brother-in-law on the central coast, eventually pre-empting land at Topaze Hbr. He and his wife, Imogene, and their three daughters became Hardwicke I’s first settlers in 1911. In 1922 the family moved to the mouth of the Salmon R, on what is now Kelsey Bay, and established a store, telegraph station and post...

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