Sproat Bay

Sproat Bay (48˚54'00" 125˚05'00" SE side of Tzartus I, W side of Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I), Sproat Narrows (49˚07'00" 124˚49'00" In Alberni Inlet, at mouth of the Franklin R). Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (1834–1913), from Scotland, came to Vancouver I in 1860 as the representative of the British financial backer of BC’s first export sawmill, built by Edward Stamp at Alberni. Sproat succeeded Stamp as the mill’s manager in 1863, was named a justice of the peace and developed...

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