Ring Point


Ring Point (53˚13'00" 129˚36'00" S end of Principe Channel, SW end of Pitt I). David Babington Ring, a lawyer and a native of Dublin, was in his mid-50s when he immigrated to Victoria about 1859. He became a prominent figure in the Vancouver I colony, acting as attorney gen in 1863 during the temporary absence of George Hunter Cary, whose mental health was deteriorating, and serving as the first president of the Law Society of BC, 1869–74. He was elected to Vancouver I’s legislative...

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