The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Georgianna
According to this private correspondence, Georgiannaof Sydney was a 41-tonne sloop owned by William Rowland of England. Georgianna sailed to Haida Gwaii in 1851 in search of gold. It was wrecked on the East side
of Haida Gwaii and the crew were held by the Indigenous people.
Demaris Cove was charted as a Revenue Vessel by the US Collector of Customs Mr. Moses in order
to rescue Georgianna's remaining crew. According to Scott, Captain Balch, with the Demaris Cove, managed to safely ransom all the detainees.1
1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 55.