Prevost Island

Prevost Island (48˚50'00" 123˚23'00" E of Ganges Hbr and Saltspring I, W of Mayne I, Gulf Is), Prevost Passage (48˚42'00" 123˚19'00" E of N Saanich Peninsula, S of Moresby I, Gulf Is), Prevost Point (52˚06'20" 130˚56'50" E side of Kunghit I, QCI). RN officer James Charles Prevost (1810–91) served two commissions on the Pacific Station: 1850–54 and 1857–60. He entered the navy in 1823 and was promoted to cdr in 1845. From 1850 to 1852 he was assigned to HMS Portland, flagship of...

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