Kennedy River


Kennedy River (49˚08'00" 125˚40'00" Flows into Tofino Inlet through Kennedy Lk, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Arthur Edward Kennedy (1810–83) was the third gov of the colony of Vancouver I in 1864–66. He had earlier served as gov of Sierra Leone and Western Australia. He developed a hearty dislike for this outpost of Empire and its residents—a feeling reciprocated by the colonists. In 1865, Kennedy purchased Cary Castle in Victoria (built by George Hunter Cary, first attorney...

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