Scarlett Point

Scarlett Point (50˚52'00" 127˚37'00" N side of Balaklava I, Gordon Channel, SW side of Queen Charlotte Str, NW of Port Hardy). This feature was named by Capt George Richards in 1864 in association with Balaklava I. James Yorke Scarlett (1799–1871), cdr of the 5th Dragoon Guards, was a British Army brigadier who led a daring and successful heavy cavalry charge against a superior Russian force at the 1854 Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War. He was knighted and later went on to become...

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