Virago Point

Virago Point (49˚01'00" 123˚35'00" S side of Porlier Pass, NW end of Galiano I, Gulf Is), Virago Rock (In Porlier Pass, just NW of Virago Point), Virago Sound (54˚05'20" 132˚31'24" Entrance to Naden Hbr, N side of Graham I, QCI). HMS Virago, a 6-gun paddle sloop, served on the Pacific Station in 1852–55. The 1,510-tonne vessel, launched at Chatham in 1842, had three cdrs during its Pacific posting: William Houston Stewart (in 1852), James Prevost (1852–54) and Edward Marshall...

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