Robson Bight


Robson Bight (50˚29'00" 126˚35'00" SW end of Johnstone Str, SE of Telegraph Cove, NW of Campbell R), Robson Point (50˚29'00" 125˚45'00" N side of Forward Hbr, E of Hardwicke I, NW of Campbell R), Robson Rock (50˚26'00" 128˚01'00" N entrance to Quatsino Sd, E of Kains I, NW end of Vancouver I). Lt Cdr Charles Rufus Robson, from Yorkshire, had command of the gunboat Forward from 1859 until his untimely death at Esquimalt from a riding accident in 1861. Although young, he had already seen a...

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