Nelles Island

Nelles Island (52˚01'00" 128˚16'00" Part of the Admiral Group, Queens Sd, SW of Bella Bella). Adm Percy Walker Nelles, CB (1892–1951), was Canada’s senior naval officer during WWII. Born at Brantford, Ont, he started his career in 1908 as a cadet on a fisheries protection vessel. He became a lt in 1914 and served as flag lt to the director of naval services in 1917. Nelles was sent to Britain’s Royal Naval College in 1925, and for the next four years, with the rank of cdr, he was CO...

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