Denny Island


Denny Island (52˚08'00" 128˚00'00" At Bella Bella, just E of Campbell I), Denny Point (52˚09'00" 127˚55'00" NE side of Denny I, Gunboat Passage), Denny Rock (51˚14'00" 127˚50'00" SW of Egg I, entrance to Smith Sd). Lt D’Arcy Anthony Denny (d 1883) commanded the RN paddle gunboat Coromandel on the China Station in 1864 and the steam gunboat Forward on the Pacific Station, based at Esquimalt, 1866–68. In 1866, in an attempt to curb an illegal traffic in whisky, he took HMS Forward...

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