Salmon Channel

Salmon Channel (50˚43'00" 126˚49'00" Between George Passage and Nowell Channel, W of Bonwick I, E end of Queen Charlotte Str). RN officer Nowell Salmon (1835–1912) entered the RN in 1847 and served as a midshipman aboard HMS Thetis, under Capt Augustus Kuper, on the Pacific Station, 1851–53. In 1852, while the Thetis was stationed in the QCI to preserve the peace after the recent discovery of gold, Salmon and Lt John Moresby explored the area around Mitchell Inlet on foot. Salmon served...

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