Bowden Islands

Bowden Islands (52˚34'00" 129˚13'00" Off Clifford Bay, SW side of Aristazabal I). Cpl William Bowden (1830–79) was a member of the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. Born in Belfast, Ireland, he enlisted in the Royal Artillery at age 18, serving as a gunner and, later, a bombardier. He was posted to Halifax, 1853, and to Bermuda, 1853–57, after which he volunteered to go to BC. He sailed with his wife, Amelia, on the Euphrates, arriving at Victoria in...

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