Whidbey Point

Whidbey Point (51˚43'00" 127˚53'00" E side of Fitz Hugh Sd, N of Kwakume Inlet, SE of Bella Bella), Whidbey Reach (53˚21'00" 127˚59'00" Toward E end of Gardner Canal, SE of Kemano R, SE of Kitimat). Joseph Whidbey (1755–1833) played an important role in the exploration of the BC coast. As master of Capt George Vancouver’s HMS Discovery, he did a lot of the actual survey work, leading numerous exhausting journeys with the ships’ small boats along the convoluted shorelines. A master, in...

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