Griffin Island

Griffin Island (48˚26'00" 123˚14'00" Just N of Discovery I, off SE end of Vancouver I), Griffin Point (53˚04'00" 128˚33'00" E side of Graham Reach, opposite Princess Royal I, S of Khutze Inlet). Named after Capt Thomas Ormond Griffin (1858–1942), born at Liverpool, England, and a long-time Victoria resident. He arrived in BC in 1889, joined the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co as 1st officer of the Islander in 1891 and transferred to the CPR in 1901 when that company purchased the CPN...

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