Betton Rocks

Betton Rocks (53˚15'00" 129˚29'00" SE side of Pitt I). Roderick Betton, a native of Glasgow, born about 1766, was a sailmaker’s mate aboard HMS Discovery during Capt George Vancouver’s 18th-century exploration of the PNW coast. The name was adopted by the hydrographic service in 1950. Betton was seriously wounded at Escape Point in SE Alaska in 1793 when a survey party under Vancouver’s command was attacked by Tlingit First Nation warriors. Vancouver did not normally name geographical...

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