Sparrowhawk Point

Sparrowhawk Point (53˚49'00" 130˚20'00" SE side of Porcher I, Ogden Channel, S of Prince Rupert), Sparrowhawk Rock (54˚31'00" 130˚28'00" Off S end of Finlayson I, Chatham Sd, SW of Port Simpson, NW of Prince Rupert). HMS Sparrowhawk, a steam-powered gunboat launched in 1856, saw service on the China Station before being based on the BC coast, 1865–68 under Cdr Edwin Porcher, and 1868–72 under Cdr Henry Mist. The 613-tonne, 4-gun vessel struck the rock named for it in 1866 but survived...

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