Stamp Narrows

Stamp Narrows (49˚11'00" 124˚49'00" Alberni Inlet at the mouth of Cous Ck, Vancouver I W of Nanaimo), Stamp Point (49˚13'00" 124˚50'00" W side of Alberni Inlet, entrance to Port Alberni). Edward Stamp (1814–72), an English ship’s capt who came to Puget Sd in 1857 to take on a load of lumber, saw a land of economic opportunities. He returned the following year and established a general store at Victoria, then went back to England to raise funds for a sawmill at Alberni. This operation,...

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