Rochester Island

Rochester Island (52˚19'00" 127˚59'00" In Return Channel, between Florence Peninsula and Cunningham I, NE of Bella Bella). John Young Rochester (1852–1942), from Burnstown, Ont, married Jennie Cerena Bryson (1858–1934), from Que, in 1881 and travelled out to western Canada. He worked as superintendent of the Yukon Telegraph Line, then moved to BC around the turn of the century. In the 1920s he became marine superintendent of the CNR’s barge and ferry service, a company subsidiary that...

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