Bordelais Islets


Bordelais Islets (48˚49'07" 127˚13'47" SW side of Trevor Channel, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). The 200-tonne Bordelais, under Lt Camille de Roquefeuil (1781–1831), was an early visitor to Barkley Sd. Roquefeuil circumnavigated the globe in 1816–19 on a trading voyage, attempting to find new markets for France. He spent two weeks in Barkley Sd, mostly in Grappler Inlet, in Sept 1817, then returned to the Alaska and BC coasts the following year, passing time in Haida Gwaii and with...

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