Pearse Canal

Pearse Canal (54˚56'00" 130˚20'00" Forms the BC-Alaska boundary, on the NW side of Wales I and Pearse I), Pearse Canal Island (54˚47'00" 130˚36'00" At SW entrance to Pearse Canal), Pearse Island (54˚52'00" 130˚20'00" W side of Portland Inlet, N of Prince Rupert). Pearse I was named in 1868 by RN hydrographer Lt Daniel Pender after a US artillery capt in command at Ft Tongass, an early military and customs post on nearby Tongass I, 1868–70. Evidence provided by the National Archives and...

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