Grant Anchorage


Grant Anchorage (52˚29'00" 128˚46'00" W entrance to Higgins Passage, Laredo Sd). Capt John Marshall Grant (1822–1902) was executive officer of the Columbia detachment of Royal Engineers, which served in BC 1858–63. He arrived at Esquimalt with his family in the Arato and, after a brief stop near Ft Langley, settled at New Westminster. He supervised the construction of the Cariboo Rd and also served as architect of historic Christ Church at Ft Hope. In 1863 the family returned to England,...

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