Pym Island

Pym Island (48˚42'00" 123˚23'00" W side of Shute Passage, N of Coal I, off NE end of Saanich Peninsula, N of Victoria). Named about 1858 by coastal surveyor Capt George Richards after Sub-Lt Frederick Whiteford Pym, who had been one of his junior officers on the Arctic exploration vessel Assistance, 1852–54. Richards was part of a squadron, under the overall command of Sir Edward Belcher, sent to search for the missing Sir John Franklin. Several of Belcher’s vessels, including HMS...

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