Wattie Point

Wattie Point (52˚37'00" 127˚02'00" E side of Dean Channel, NW of Bella Coola). Named in 1958 for two brothers, James (1829–1907) and William Wattie (1842– 1918), who were among the Overlanders of 1862—a group of stalwart gold seekers and immigrants who crossed the Canadian prairies by cart and horseback from Ft Garry via Ft Edmonton to the headwaters of the Fraser R. James was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, and came to N America with his parents in 1838; he spent three years in California,...

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