Maskelyne Island

Maskelyne Island (54˚38'00" 130˚27'00" S entrance to Work Channel, S side of Portland Inlet, N of Prince Rupert), Maskelyne Point (54˚39'00" 130˚27'00" N end of Maskelyne I). Maskelyne Point was named in 1793 by Capt George Vancouver after Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811), a British mathematician and astronomer. He was a clergyman as well as a scientist, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1758. In 1761, Maskelyne was sent to St Helena to observe the transit of Venus; during the voyage...

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