Tynemouth Rock

Tynemouth Rock (51˚18'00" 128˚03'00" Sea Otter Group, S of Calvert I, entrance to Smith Sd). The Tynemouth was one of several “brideships” that brought young, unmarried women from England to Vancouver I in the 1860s to work as domestic servants and governesses—and to serve as future wives for BC’s predominantly male population. This immigration scheme was sponsored by English missionary societies and feminists for a variety of reasons: to help civilize colonial social and cultural...

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