Thornbrough Bay

Thornbrough Bay (49˚27'00" 123˚27'00" W side of Gambier I near S end), Thornbrough Channel (49˚29'00" 123˚28'00" W of Gambier I, W side of Howe Sd, NW of Vancouver). The channel was named in 1859 by RN surveyor Capt George Richards after Adm Sir Edward Thornbrough (1754–1834). Richards named dozens of features in Howe Sd after the officers and ships that participated in Adm Howe’s greatest victory—the 1794 English Channel naval battle known as the Glorious First of June. Thornbrough,...

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