Nepean Sound

Nepean Sound (53˚11'00" 129˚40'00" N of Caamaño Sd, separating Banks I, Pitt I, Trutch I and Campania I), Nepean Rock (53˚13'00" 129˚37'00" Off SW end of Pitt I, Nepean Sd). Nepean Sd was named in 1788 by fur trader and mariner Capt Charles Duncan of the Princess Royal and adopted by Capt George Vancouver in 1793. British MP Sir Evan Nepean (c 1751–1822) succeeded Sir Philip Stephens as secretary to the Admiralty in 1795. Earlier in his career he had served as an RN clerk and purser and...

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