Raphoe Point

Raphoe Point (52˚43'00" 126˚58'00" W side of Dean Channel, NW of Bella Coola). Capt George Vancouver named Raphoe Point in 1793 in association with King I (qv) and “Dean’s Canal” (Dean Channel), after Rev James King (d 1795), dean at the old episcopal city of Raphoe, Ireland. The dean was the father of Capt James King, a great friend of Vancouver’s, with whom he had sailed on Capt James Cook’s third expedition, 1776–80. Another Raphoe Point was mistakenly named nearby on an early...

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