Beavis Islets


Beavis Islets (53˚45'00" 133˚02'00" W entrance to Otard Bay, NW Graham I, QCI), Beavis Point (Just N of Beavis Its). After attending HMS Conway, a UK maritime training facility, Lancelot R W Beavis (1864–1940) began his career in 1878 as an apprentice on the Star of France, a jute clipper. By 1893 he was master on the Micronesia, a globe-trotting square-rigger, always vying for a record passage. His sailing career came to an abrupt end in 1897 when the Micronesia, under tow off the English...

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