Robinson Island

Robinson Island (50˚54'00" 127˚17'00" Blunden Hbr, S of Bradley Lagoon, N side of Queen Charlotte Str, NE of Port Hardy). RN officer George Robinson served on the RN survey vessel Actaeon off the coast of China and also worked on a survey of the coast of Nfld, 1864–71. He was promoted to staff cdr in 1873 and spent 1873–76 in the UK at the Admiralty hydrographic office. While Robinson was never on the BC coast, this feature was named by Lt Daniel Pender in 1863 at the request of William...

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