Muriel Rocks


Muriel Rocks (52˚25'00" 129˚18'00" SE of Conroy I, off 
SW side of Aristazabal I). Muriel Mary Wells (1904–85, née Church) was a guest aboard the government survey vessel Lillooet about 1927. Her husband, John Wells (1890–1975), whom she’d recently married in Victoria, was the ship’s 1st officer. Muriel was apparently the first person to notice water breaking over these dangerous hazards and bring them to the surveyors’ attention. They were later named for her and marked on the...

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