Muir Cove

Muir Cove (52˚17'38" 128˚39'30" SE side of Price I, NW of Bella Bella), Muir Point (48˚21'21" 123˚44'59" On N side of Juan de Fuca Str, just NW of entrance to Sooke Hbr, at SW end of Vancouver I). John Muir (1799–1883), his wife Anne (1802–75, née Miller) and their four sons came to BC from Ayrshire in 1849 on the HBC barque Harpooner, part of a related group of Scottish colliers hired to work at the HBC’s Ft Rupert mines. In 1850, in a dispute over working conditions, many of the...

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