Normansell Islands

Normansell Islands (52˚33'00" 129˚10'00" SW of Clifford Bay, off SW Aristazabal I). Cpl James Normansell (1830–84), from Birmingham, England, was a member of the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. He was the detachment’s senior cpl and was charged in BC with the supervision of roadbuilding gangs, both civilian and military. Col Richard Moody, the contingent’s CO, requested—and received—extra payment for him from Gov James Douglas for the “very...

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