Sangster Island

Sangster Island (49˚26'00" 124˚12'00" S of Lasqueti I, Str of Georgia). James Sangster (c 1812–58), a native of Port Glasgow, Scotland, joined the HBC’s marine dept in 1827 as an apprentice aboard the Eagle. From 1832 until the late 1840s he was mostly based at Ft Vancouver. Sangster served on many of the HBC’s early sailing vessels, including the Vancouver, Cowlitz and Lama, and worked his way up the ranks until he was given his first command, the historic paddle steamer Beaver, in...

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