Riordan Point

Riordan Point (53˚27'00" 128˚55'00" N entrance to Bishop Bay, Boxer Reach, opposite E side of Gribbell I, N of Princess Royal I). Thomas Travers Riordan was the surgeon aboard HMS Boxer, 1871–75, while that gun vessel was stationed on the BC coast. He was promoted to staff surgeon in 1878. A number of features in this vicinity were named about 1875 by members of a CPR land-survey team searching for a suitable terminus for the transcontinental railroad. The Boxer, under Lt Cdr William...

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