Agnes Point


Agnes Point (52˚22'00" 128˚23'00" NE end of Lady Douglas I, Milbanke Sd). Agnes Douglas (1841–1928), born at Ft Vancouver in what is now Washington state, was the fourth daughter of BC colonial gov James Douglas and Amelia Douglas. She was the boldest and perhaps the wildest of the Douglas offspring and in 1862 married Arthur Thomas Bushby, an HBC employee who became secretary to Chief Justice Matthew Baillie Begbie. Bushby was later appointed registrar gen and acting postmaster gen of the...

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