Moriarty Point

Moriarty Point (50˚16'00" 125˚25'00" W side of Discovery Passage, S of Elk Bay, E side of Vancouver I). William Moriarty (1832–86) was 1st lt aboard the RN survey ship Plumper and served on the Pacific Station, under Capt George Richards, 1857–61. HMS Hecate, a larger, better survey vessel, was brought out to the PNW for Richards in 1861, under Cdr Anthony Hoskins. When Hoskins returned to England with the Plumper, Moriarty went back as well. In 1860 he had married Mary Annie Reid (d...

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