McLean Island

McLean Island (50˚02'00" 127˚25'00" N of Spring I, N entrance to Kyuquot Sd, NW end of Vancouver I), McLean Point (50˚01'00" 127˚25'00" S end of McLean I). Brothers Daniel (b 1851) and Alexander McLean (1858–1914), from Sydney, Cape Breton, were legendary skippers in the early W coast sealing industry. Daniel sailed out of NY on deepwater ships and came to the PNW about 1880. He prospected and placer-mined on the BC and Alaska coasts from his tiny sloop, the Flyaway. Alex arrived on the...

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