Maltby Islets

Maltby Islets (49˚14'00" 125˚46'00" N end of Fortune Channel, NE of Meares I, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). George Albert Maltby (1867–1963), from Derbyshire, came to the Clayoquot area in 1892 and pre-empted land on Schooner Cove, where he received a Crown grant in 1898. He later acquired Crown land on Cox Bay, planting an orchard and vegetable garden there and raising cattle. Maltby sold produce to sealers and traders and, later, to the residents of Tofino and Clayoquot. A...

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