Percy Anchorage

Percy Anchorage (49˚08'15" 123˚47'10" Between Gabriola I and Mudge I, E of Nanaimo, off SE Vancouver I). Algernon Percy was the 4th Duke of Northumberland and also served as 1st Lord of the Admiralty. See Northumberland Channel for more information. Capt George Richards of HMS Plumper named this feature in association with the channel in 1860. Percy is a Norman name, taken from the village of Percy in the NW French dept of Manche. Norman chieftain William de Percy, who accompanied William the...

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