Effingham Bay


Effingham Bay (48˚53'00" 125˚19'00" W side of Effingham I), Effingham Inlet (49˚02'00" 125˚09'00" NE of Barkley Sd), Effingham Island (48˚52'00" 125˚19'00" One of the Broken Group, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). The bay was named Port Effingham by British fur trader John Meares after Thomas Howard (1746–91), 3rd Earl of Effingham, deputy earl marshal of England, 1777–82, master of the mint, 1784–89, and a leading Freemason. Howard built Boston Castle at Rotherham in 1776 and...

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