Leach Islet

Leach Islet (48˚50'00" 125˚14'00" Near SE entrance to Imperial Eagle Channel, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). 2nd Cpl Peter John Leech (c 1828–99), as the name is more commonly spelled, was part of the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. Born at Dublin, he joined the force during the Crimean War, trained as a surveyor and served with the international commission that determined Turkey’s boundaries. In BC he was the detachment astronomer and apparently...

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