Richmond

Richmond (49˚10'00" 123˚07'00" Lulu I and Sea I, just S of Vancouver), Richmond Island (49˚12'00" 123˚09'00" Off NW Sea I in N Arm of Fraser R). Wildly varying explanations have been offered over the years for the origin of the municipal name. Richmond appears in local newspapers from 1862, thus disqualifying claims that it was named after the English home of early settler William Ferris or the Yorkshire birthplace of Mary Boyd, wife of the first reeve; both of these worthies arrived in the...

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