Legace Bay


Legace Bay (54˚31'00" 130˚14'00" E side of Work Channel, N of Prince Rupert), Legace Point (52˚28'00" 128˚25'00" SW end of Susan I, Finlayson Channel, NW of Bella Bella). Josette Legacé (c 1809–96) was born near Kettle Falls, Washington, daughter of a French-Canadian fur trapper and a Spokane Native American woman. She became the wife of HBC officer John Work in 1825, accompanying him on his trading expeditions in the western US and joining him in 1836 at Ft Simpson, where he was in...

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