Wale Island

Wale Island (52˚50'00" 129˚01'00" Head of Racey Inlet, W side of Princess Royal I). William John Wale (1842–1930), from London, England, immigrated to Victoria in 1853 in the HBC supply ship Norman Morison with his mother and stepfather, Amelia Rebecca and Edmund Williams. Edmund worked on HBC farms and then established his own farms at Cadboro Bay and Royal Oak. William was employed at first as a cattle herder and also joined the gold rush before settling down as a farmer at Elk Lk and...

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