Boswell Inlet


Boswell Inlet (51˚22'00" 127˚30'00" NE continuation of Smith Sd, S of Rivers Inlet). Named in 1903 by Capt John Walbran after Hazel and Olive Boswell, the granddaughters of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, lt gov of BC, 1900–1906. Their father, St George Boswell, served as Que’s harbour engineer. Walbran was making a preliminary survey of Smith and Boswell inlets at the time; nearby Hazel I and Olive Point—and Hazel Point on Smith I—also commemorate the two sisters. A sockeye...

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