McKiel Rock

McKiel Rock (50˚04'00" 127˚36'00" SW of Bunsby I, Checleset Bay, NW side of Vancouver I). Records at BC’s Geographical Names Office suggest that this feature commemorates John McKiel (or McKeil), a member of the crew of the sealing schooner Maggie Mac, which was lost off the NW coast of Vancouver I in 1892 with all hands. The ship sailed from Victoria in Jan and the last word from it was in a letter, dated at Clayoquot in Mar, from Capt John Dodd. In 1893, residents of Quatsino Sd recovered...

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