Lyman Point

Lyman Point (52˚05'37" 130˚56'14" NE side of Kunghit I, QCI). Sir Lyman Poore Duff (1865–1955) was chief justice of Canada, 1933–44. Born and educated in Ont, he moved to Victoria in 1894 and established a busy legal practice. Duff was named to the BC Supreme Court in 1904 and to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1906, where he sat for more than 37 years. He was chairman of the Royal Commission on Transportation, which inquired into railroad problems in 1931–32. Duff’s 1940 court...

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