Thistle Passage

Thistle Passage (52˚38'00" 128˚45'00" E side of Hastings I, S side of Princess Royal I). The Canadian Hydrographic Service acquired the 11-m motor launch Thistle from the RCN in 1922. It saw service on the W coast until 1928, when it was destroyed by fire. Hydrographer H L Leadman arrived from Ottawa in 1923 to take charge of the vessel, along with the houseboats Somass and Fraser. The Thistle was employed primarily by camping parties and was used to survey these waters in 1925. It is not to...

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