Merry Island

Merry Island (49˚28'00" 123˚55'00" Between Thormanby Is and SW side of Sechelt Peninsula, S entrance to Welcome Passage, Str of Georgia). A wealthy but unpopular Glasgow MP and industrialist named James C Merry (1805–77) was the owner of the racehorse Thormanby, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1860. At its height, his family coal-mining business operated 23 collieries, three ironworks and employed 4,500 men. A heavy gambler, Merry had a number of successful racehorses trained at the Russley...

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