Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Moresby Island
Map
Moresby Island is located in the
Gulf Islands
group, off the southeastern coast of
Vancouver Island
. Like its bigger namesake of
Moresby Island (Haida Gwaii)
, it was named after
Rear Admiral Moresby
.
1
1. Andrew Scott,
The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
(Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 400.
Mentions of this place in the documents
Mitchell Inlet
Kuper, Captain Augustus L.
Moresby Island (Haida Gwaii)
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 29 June 1863, CO 60:17, no. 6387, 33.
People in this document
Moresby
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Places in this document
Gulf Islands
Moresby Island (Haida Gwaii)
Vancouver Island
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