Otard Bay


Otard Bay (53˚46'00" 133˚00'00" N of Port Louis, W side of Graham I, QCI). Otard Bay and Otard Ck, which flows W into the head of the bay, were named after a close but unidentified friend of Capt Prosper Chanal, deputy cdr of the French trading vessel La Solide, who explored this area by longboat in 1791. La Solide, under Capt Etienne Marchand, anchored for several weeks at Cloak Bay in the QCI while circumnavigating the world in search of knowledge and profit. QCI historian Kathleen Dalzell...

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