Parkin Islets


Parkin Islets (54˚38'00" 130˚28'00" SW of Maskelyne I, S entrance to Portland Inlet, off N tip of Tsimpsean Peninsula, N of Prince Rupert), Parkin Point (48˚44'00" 123˚19'00" NE tip of Moresby I, SE of Saltspring I, Gulf Is). George Henry Parkin (1828–1902), from Cornwall, was 3rd lt aboard HMS Portland, flagship of Rear Adm Fairfax Moresby, on the Pacific Station, 1850–53. He entered the RN in 1840 and served in the Mediterranean and at NZ before being promoted to capt in 1866. Parkin...

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