Rocket Shoal

Rocket Shoal (48˚59'00" 123˚38'00" In Clam Bay, between NE Kuper I and SE Thetis I, Gulf Is). The RN gunboat Rocket served two commissions on the BC coast: 1874–79, under Lt Cdr Charles Harris, and 1879–82, under Lt Cdr Vere Orlebar. The 48-m, 530-tonne steam vessel, launched in 1868 and armed with four guns, took Indian Affairs superintendent Dr Israel Powell on coastal tours of inspection in 1879 and 1881. In 1877 the Rocket engaged in one of the last naval actions against a BC First...

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