Osborn Bay

Osborn Bay (48˚52'00" 123˚38'00" W side of Stuart Channel, just N of Crofton, SE side of Vancouver I). Named in 1859 by Capt George Richards of the survey ship Plumper after well-known RN officer Sherard Osborn, CB (1822–75). Osborn entered the navy as a lowly sailor and served as a gunner’s mate aboard HMS Collingwood while that vessel was Rear Adm Sir George Seymour’s flagship on the Pacific Station, 1843–46. He was promoted to lt on the Collingwood and then to cdr in 1852 for his...

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