Paddon Point

Paddon Point (48˚50'00" 123˚15'00" E side of Mayne I, Gulf Is). Named after George Locke Paddon (1878–1930), one of the seven sons of Canon William Francis Locke Paddon (1844–1922), who first visited BC in 1885. Canon Paddon was looking for a place to settle where his delicate health would not be endangered, and Victoria fit the bill. He emigrated from Ireland in 1889 along with his wife, Kathleen Rebecca Robinson (1852–1945), their nine children and a tutor. In 1896, after working as...

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