Wales Harbour

Wales Harbour (54˚46'00" 130˚35'00" NW side of Wales I), Wales Island (54˚45'00" 130˚29'00" Entrance to Portland Inlet, BC-Alaska boundary, N of Prince Rupert), Wales Passage (54˚48'00" 130˚28'00" Between Wales I and Pearse I), Wales Point (54˚42'00" 130˚29'00" S end of Wales I). Capt George Vancouver named Wales Point in 1793 after the astronomer and mathematician William Wales (1734–98), his “much esteemed friend,” who had accompanied Capt James Cook on his second voyage to the...

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