San Christoval Range

San Christoval Range (52˚37'00" 131˚50'00" On the central part of Moresby I, QCI). These mountains, which rise to 1,068 m, have the oldest surviving European or “western” name in BC—Sierra de San Cristóbal—given on account of their height by Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Pérez on July 23, 1774. Four days earlier, Perez, in the Santiago, had made a historic landfall off Langara I, becoming the first European to lay eyes on BC. He gave the name Punta Santa Margarita to...

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