Pearl Rocks


Pearl Rocks (51˚22'00" 128˚00'00" At NE end of the Sea Otter Group, S of Calvert I, Queen Charlotte Sd). These rocks were one of the first features on the BC coast to be named by an 18th-century fur trader. Capt James Hanna of the Sea Otter, who made the first trading voyage to the PNW in 1785, returned the following year and ventured N of Vancouver I into Queen Charlotte Sd. He bestowed a handful of place names on the region, several of which are still in use today. Two of his charts...

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