Queen Point

Queen Point (53˚19'14" 127˚56'31" Between Whidbey Reach and Egeria Reach, Gardner Canal, SE of Kitimat). Named in 1907 by Capt Frederick Learmonth of HMS Egeria after the 98-gun RN vessel Queen, flagship in 1793 of Rear Adm Alan Gardner, whose career is commemorated by many features in Gardner Canal (qv). HMS Queen, launched on the Thames in 1769, participated in the 2nd Battle of Ushant in 1781 and was badly damaged in the 1794 battle known as the Glorious First of June, where the ship’s...

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