Hanmer Island

Hanmer Island (54˚04'00" 130˚15'00" W of N end of Kennedy I, S of Prince Rupert), Hanmer Point (54˚07'00" 130˚04'00" SE entrance to Skeena R, SE of Prince Rupert), Hanmer Rocks (54˚19'00" 130˚48'00" In Brown Passage, W of Prince Rupert). Cdr John Graham Job Hanmer (1836–1919) and his officers made a sketch survey of the entrance to the Skeena R in 1877 aboard HMS Daring, a 4-gun, 660-tonne screw sloop. Their purpose was to assist the CPR in locating a suitable W coast terminus for the...

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