Rooney Bay

Rooney Bay (53˚16'00" 131˚59'00" SE end of Graham I, QCI), Rooney Point (54˚01'00" 132˚10'00" NW side of Masset Sd, Graham I). Matthew Rooney, an Irish adventurer who arrived in San Francisco in 1851 from Australia, was capt of the ill-fated US schooner Susan Sturgis, which sailed to the QCI in 1852 in response to rumours of gold. When Rooney and his crew found no signs of gold in the Mitchell Inlet area, they headed to the E coast of the QCI and travelled N to Skidegate, prospecting and...

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