Thomson Cove

Thomson Cove (48˚36'00" 123˚29'00" E side of Saanich Inlet, NE of Henderson Point, NW of Victoria), Thomson Island (52˚44'00" 129˚17'00" In Borrowman Bay, NW side of Aristazabal I). William Thomson (1829–1908), from Forfarshire, Scotland, was one of the earliest white settlers in central Saanich. He was a shipwright who went to California for the gold rush, then came to BC in 1854 aboard the William, which was wrecked near Pachena Point on the W coast of Vancouver I. The survivors,...

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