Staines Island

Staines Island (48˚27'07" 123˚17'00" E side of Cadboro Bay, N of Oak Bay and Victoria), Staines Point (48˚23'40" 123˚18'17" S tip of Trial Is, S of McNeill Bay and Oak Bay municipality, off SE end of Vancouver I). Robert John Staines (1820–1854) was born in England and educated at Cambridge Univ. He taught in Ireland and France, and in 1846 married Emma Frances Tahourdin, also a well-educated teacher. In 1848, Staines was ordained an Anglican clergyman and hired by the HBC as Ft...

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