Martini Island

Martini Island (54˚15'00" 130˚25'00" Off SW side of Digby I, just SW of Prince Rupert). Named after Friedrich von Martini (1822–97), a Swiss armourer, who also designed lacemaking machines and internal combustion engines. Martini developed a breech-loading, lever-actuated firing mechanism that was combined with a barrel designed by Scotsman Alexander Henry to produce one of the British Army’s most successful rifles, in use from 1871 to about 1900. It was the first breech-loading service...

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