McNeill Bay

McNeill Bay (48˚24'43" 123˚18'48" S of Oak Bay, SE tip of Vancouver I). William Henry McNeill (1801–75) was born at Boston and became a master mariner by age 22. In 1824 he commanded the brig Convoy on a voyage to Hawaii and the QCI, and for several years he traded between Boston and S America, W Africa and Hawaii. In 1832, while he was trading for furs in the PNW for Boston merchants Bryant, Sturgis & Co, his vessel, the Lama, was acquired by the HBC. McNeill and his two mates had the kind...

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