Hose Point

Hose Point (52˚13'00" 128˚12'00" NW entrance to Raymond Passage, just NW of Bella Bella). Rear Adm Walter Hose, CBE (1875–1965), was born on a P&O liner in the Indian Ocean. He entered the RN in 1890 and had a number of gunboat commands in Nfld and Asia before joining the RCN in 1912 as cdr of HMCS Rainbow. This ancient cruiser was based at Esquimalt, where Hose was also in charge of the dockyard, until 1917, at which time he transferred to Halifax and took over responsibility for E coast...

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