Poor Mans Rock

Poor Mans Rock (49˚26'00" 124˚10'00" Off SW end of Lasqueti I, Str of Georgia). Poor Man’s Rock is a novel written in 1920 by Pender Hbr author Bertrand Sinclair (1881–1972). The rock in the title is a real one, and its name was made official in 1981. Kelp and currents keep fish boats away from the rock’s rich salmon resources, which allowed hand trollers to earn a living in the old days. “Only a poor man trolled in a rowboat,” Sinclair wrote. The rock “had given many men a...

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