Ogden Channel


Ogden Channel (53˚52'00" 130˚18'00" Between Porcher I and Pitt I, S of Prince Rupert), Ogden Point (48˚24'54" 123˚23'12" E entrance to Victoria Hbr, SE end of Vancouver I). Peter Skene Ogden (1790–1854) was an important HBC official in western N America in the early 19th century. Born at Quebec City and educated at Montreal, he joined the NWC in 1810 and became a fur trader in Sask and at Spokane House, where he was in charge at the time of the company’s merger with the HBC (and where...

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