Georgeson Bay


Georgeson Bay (48˚51'51" 123˚20'30" S end of Galiano I, Gulf Is), Georgeson Island (48˚51'00" 123˚14'00" E of Mayne I, SE of Campbell Point), Georgeson Passage (48˚49'00" 123˚14'00" SE end of Mayne I, between Mayne I and Samuel I). Henry “Scotty” Georgeson (1835–1927), a native of the Shetland Is, jumped ship at San Francisco and made his way to Victoria to join the Fraser R gold rush in 1858. He managed a hotel at Yale, then became one of Galiano I’s first settlers in the early...

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