Barrie Point


Barrie Point (52˚53'00" 128˚07'00" S side of Mussel Inlet, Sheep Passage, N of Don Peninsula and Bella Bella), Barrie Reach (53˚28'00" 128˚16'00" Between Europa Reach and Whidbey Reach, Gardner Canal, SE of Kitimat). Robert Barrie (1774–1841), born in Florida, joined the RN in 1788 as a midshipman on HMS Europa, the flagship of his uncle, Commodore Alan Gardner, cdr-in-chief of the W Indies Station. There he met George Vancouver, a lt on the Europa. Gardner was Vancouver’s friend and...

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