Cochrane Islands

Cochrane Islands (50˚03'00" 124˚46'00" E side of Malaspina Peninsula, N end of Str of Georgia). Possibly named after Adm of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane (1789–1872), the unpopular first resident gov of Nfld, 1825–34, who was cdr-in-chief of the RN’s China Station in the 1840s and cdr-in-chief for Portsmouth, 1852–55. He is not believed to have ever visited the BC coast, however. Another RN adm of this name, Rear Adm Arthur Auckland Pedro Cochrane (1824–1905), did serve as...

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