Beaven Islands


Beaven Islands (52˚47'00" 129˚23'00" Off NW Aristazabal I). Charles Frederick Beaven (1845–1926) was born at Charlottetown, PEI, and moved in 1870 to Victoria and went into business as a carriage builder. He married the widowed Mary Helen Bowden (1846–1900, née Moody), a native of Maine, in 1877. (Mary Moody, incidentally, was a sister of Sewell Prescott Moody, pioneer BC lumberman and founder of the Moodyville sawmill on Burrard Inlet.) After Mary’s death, Charles married Hattie Anna...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.