Oliver Islet

Oliver Islet (53˚02'00" 131˚56'00" At head of Cumshewa Inlet, off NE side of Moresby I, QCI), Oliver Point (53˚12'00" 131˚59'00" S side of Alliford Bay, N end of Moresby I), Oliver Rock (52˚17'00" 131˚03'00" N of Rankine Is, off SE Moresby I). William Oliver (1848–1937), from Scotland, was a well-known Methodist missionary at Sandspit. He apprenticed as a carpenter in the shipyards of the Clyde and then sailed the seven seas. While ashore at Victoria, he became so drunk (a common...

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