Sir Edmund Bay

Sir Edmund Bay (50˚49'00" 126˚36'00" NE side of Broughton I, Penphrase Passage, NE of Port McNeill), Sir Edmund Head (50˚49'00" 126˚35'00" E end of Broughton I). The headland was named about 1864 by RN surveyor Lt Daniel Pender of the Beaver after Sir Edmund Walker Head (1805–68), gov of the HBC from 1863 to 1868. A distinguished scholar and author as well as a prominent civil servant, Head was appointed lt gov of NB in 1848 and helped prepare the colony for representative government. In...

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