Charles Nevin was a Hudson's Bay Company employee, formerly Chief Officer of the
Una. The Fort Victoria Journal mentions Nevin leading armed parties
to milk the cows
.
1 Helmcken referred to Nevin as a
good-natured, active man
who was
too fond of grog and women.
2 According to
this correspondence, Nevin was at
Fort Victoria when
Captain Kuper recruited him to help navigate around
Haida Gwaii, as he had visited there twice before when he was aboard the
Una.
Kuper states, however, that Nevin was
of no service whatever
and that as they approached
the straits leading to Port Mitchell [he] did not even recognize the headlands.