McCroskie Islands

McCroskie Islands (52˚16'00" 127˚55'00" W side of Johnson Channel, off E side of Cunningham I, NE of Bella Bella). This name, applied by the hydrographic service in 1925, is a spelling error, as these islands honour coastal pioneer Edward McCoskrie (1852–1925). He was born at Liverpool and went to sea at the age of 14, immigrating to Canada in the early 1870s and marrying Achsah M Tork (1852–92) at Port Dover, Ont. McCoskrie came to Victoria with his family and worked as a skipper for the...

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