Turnagain Island

Turnagain Island (49˚32'00" 123˚58'00" W of Secret Cove, W side of Sechelt Peninsula, NE entrance to Welcome Passage, NW of Vancouver). The name first appears on an Admiralty chart published in 1865 but based on a survey conducted by Capt George Richards and HMS Plumper in 1860. According to an old story, the crew of one of the Plumper’s boats were attempting to circumnavigate the island but could not get around the N side, where a very narrow passage dries at low tide. The boat’s cdr...

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