Morgan Rock

Morgan Rock (52˚43'00" 131˚48'00" Off Klunkwoi Bay, Darwin Sd, off E side of Moresby I, QCI). Elbert Monfort Morgan (b 1861 in Ohio) and his sons, Henry and Harry, came to the QCI in 1907 from Nelson. They prospected in the Jedway area, then moved N and found signs of copper just W of Klunkwoi Bay. The Morgans settled at the new town of Lockeport and bought a recently opened general store, which Elbert’s married daughter Noralee operated with her husband, Ernie Marshall. Elbert and his two...

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