Gooch Island

Gooch Island (48˚39'50" 123˚17'22" Haro Str, just E of Sidney, Gulf Is). Thomas Sherlock Gooch (1831–97) was 2nd lt aboard HMS Satellite, under Capt James Prevost, on the Pacific Station from 1857 to 1860. He achieved the rank of capt and retired in 1873. Gooch is an old English baronetcy with its seat at Benacre Hall, Suffolk. The island was named in 1859 by RN surveyor Capt George Richards, of HMS Plumper. For many years it was owned by Dan Martin, a car dealer and former US...

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