McIntosh Rock

McIntosh Rock (54˚18'00" 130˚22'00" In Prince Rupert Hbr, E of Digby I). Named by hydrographer Lt Cdr Philip Musgrave in 1907 after Robert Leck McIntosh (1865–1945), postmaster at Prince Rupert, 1907–21. He came to the N BC coast in 1901 to work for cannery man Peter Herman at Port Essington and was postmaster there in 1906. While McIntosh is frequently mentioned as Prince Rupert’s first postmaster, dept records indicate that he was actually the second, after W G Russell, who served for...

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