Peck Island


Peck Island (50˚14'00" 125˚09'00" Part of the Settlers Group, SE end of Okisollo Channel, S of Maurelle I, NE of Campbell R), Peck Reef (48˚42'00" 123˚24'00" Off E side of Piers I and N end of Saanich Peninsula, NW of Victoria). Lt Col Cyrus Wesley Peck, VC, DSO (1871–1956), was born in NB and came to New Westminster in 1887 with his family. He took military training and volunteered for the Boer War but was not accepted. After some time in the Klondike, he lived in Prince Rupert for a...

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