Ross Bay

Ross Bay (48˚24'28" 123˚20'38" E of Clover Point, S side of Victoria). Named for members of the Ross family, who owned a 60-ha waterfront estate here in Victoria’s colonial days. Charles Ross (c 1794–1844), from Kincraig, Scotland, joined the HBC in 1818 and worked as a clerk at remote trading posts across the Canadian NW. In 1822 at Lac La Pluie (Rainy Lake), Ont, he wed Isabella Merilia (1807–85), whose surname also appears as Melville or Mainville (see Merilia Passage). Ross was...

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