Mickey Island


Mickey Island (49˚22'00" 123˚27'00" Off NE side of Pasley I, entrance to Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). Malcolm “Mickey” McBean Bell-Irving (1892–1950) was one of 10 children of prominent Vancouver cannery owner Henry Ogle Bell-Irving, who acquired nearby Pasley I as a family retreat in 1909. Mickey fought in WWI, serving as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, where he was awarded the DSO and MC and seriously wounded in action. (His five brothers also distinguished themselves, collectively...

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