Kirshaw Islets

Kirshaw Islets (49˚10'30" 125˚47'04" Off E side of Meares I, entrance to Mosquito Hbr, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). This name is a misspelled tribute to William Kershaw, who received a Crown grant of land on Schooner Cove in 1894 and an additional grant in the Clayoquot area in 1914. Information on this pioneer is scanty; a William Kershaw is listed in the 1892 Victoria directory as a “coal passer” on the steamship Islander, and there are several references to him in the Victoria...

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