Thetis Island, in Esquimalt Harbour
The tiny Thetis Island appears on
an early map of Esquimalt Harbour , all but smothered, as it most certainly is today, by naval infrastructure. It was
the site of a navy coal store.
This 1859 despatch notes that it was part of
Lot 53, which was
sold in 5 acre lots with the exception of Thetis Island itself, which consists of
only one acre, and which was sold separately to a
person of the name of Jeremiah Nagle .
Mentions of this place in the documents
Thetis Island Cooper, James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 1858, CO 6:27, no. 8613, 501. Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 22 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2878, 283. Stanley, Lord Edward Henry to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James
28 March 1858, CO 410:1, 124. Shepherd,John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 10 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3505, 464. [Sender not known.] to Merivale, Herman 19 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 3854, 318. Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 17 January 1859, CO 305:12, no. 592,
5. Hudson's Bay Company to Colonial Office 9 February 1859, CO 305:13, no. 1468, 64. Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 10 February 1859, CO
305:13, no. 1540, 65. Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 3 March 1859, CO 305:12, no. 2427, 13. Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 March 1859, CO 305:13,
no. 2452, 93.
The Colonial Despatches Team.
Thetis Island, in Esquimalt Harbour. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871 , Edition 2.4, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria.
https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/thetis_island_old.html .
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