Walkem Islands

Walkem Islands (50˚22'00" 125˚31'00" E end of Johnstone Str, off W end of E Thurlow I, NW of Campbell R), Walkem Point (53˚29'00" 128˚43'00" S side of Gardner Canal, E of Triumph Bay, S of Kitimat). The Walkem Is, formerly known as the Pender Is, were renamed by the Geographic Board of Canada in 1905 on the suggestion of Capt John Walbran. George Anthony Boomer Walkem (1834–1908) was born in Ireland and came to Canada with his family in 1847. He was educated at McGill Univ and became a...

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