Sivart Island


Sivart Island (52˚32'00" 131˚35'00" Entrance to Haswell Bay, Juan Perez Sd, off E side of Moresby I, QCI), Sivart Rock (52˚32'00" 131˚36'00" Just SW of Sivart I). Miels R Sivart (1843–1915), a native of the Netherlands, and his US-born wife, Annie, operated a general store at Jedway in the early mining days from 1907 to 1912. Their son-in-law, Clayton Bourne, ran the Jedway sawmill, and their daughter, Bertha Gertrude Bourne, gave birth to Jedway’s first baby, in 1908. Sivart died at...

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