Manson Bay


Manson Bay (50˚04'00" 124˚58'42" W side of Cortes I, N end of Str of Georgia), Manson Passage (49˚57'00" 124˚53'00" Between Hernando I and Savary I, S of Cortes I), Mansons Landing (50˚04'00" 124˚59'00" SW side of Cortes I). Named after Michael Manson (1857–1932), one of four brothers who immigrated to Canada from the Shetland Is. He arrived in BC about 1876, started his career as a merchant at Nanaimo and then eloped with Jane Renwick (1862–1939), the unhappy daughter of his...

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