Norgar Islet

Norgar Islet (50˚30'00" 127˚39'00" S of Drake I, Buchholz Channel, Quatsino Sd, NW end of Vancouver I). Thomas (or Thor) Gunderson Norgar (1861–1920), from Norway, joined the Scandinavian colony at Quatsino in 1895. He brought a stock of goods with him and opened the community’s first general store. A post office and government wharf were soon built beside the store. Norgar received a Crown grant for his land in 1901 but later moved to Clayoquot Sd, where he also pre-empted land and...

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