Hope Rocks


Hope Rocks (52˚08'00" 128˚32'00" In Milbanke Sd, W of Athlone I and Bella Bella). RCN officer Adrian Mitchell “Boomer” Hope, OBE (1899–1963), born at Montreal, was a cadet at the Royal Navy College of Canada in 1914. He was appointed CO of the RCN destroyer St Laurent, 1937–39. In 1940–41, Hope was based in Esquimalt, at shore establishment HMCS Naden, first as inspector of naval ordnance, then as executive officer of RCN barracks. He moved on to serve as CO of HMCS Stadacona (the...

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