Tully Island


Tully Island (50˚21'00" 125˚19'00" Cameleon Hbr, W side of Sonora I, N of Campbell R). Many features in Cameleon Hbr were named after officers who served aboard HMS Cameleon in 1863, during the naval pursuit of a First Nation group from Lamalchi Bay, on Kuper I, that was suspected of murdering two Gulf Is settlers (see Lamalchi Bay). John Handfield Tully was master of the vessel at that time, under Cdr Edward Hardinge. He was promoted to staff cdr in 1870. Nearby Handfield Bay was also named...

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