Tuite Point

Tuite Point (52˚52'00" 128˚41'00" S entrance to Fifer Cove, Laredo Inlet, Princess Royal I). Peter Tuite, who had come to Victoria from the US in 1858 with the early Fraser R gold seekers, was appointed deputy postmaster of Victoria that year, at a salary of £200 per annum. Alexander C Anderson served as collector of customs, postmaster gen and treasurer of the colony of Vancouver I in those early days, but Tuite performed the actual work of the city’s post office, which was at that time...

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