Watson Island


Watson Island (50˚56'00" 126˚49'00" N of N Broughton I, entrance to Mackenzie Sd, NE of Port McNeill), Watson Island (54˚14'00" 130˚18'00" E side of Porpoise Hbr, just S of Kaien I and Prince Rupert), Watson Point (50˚57'00" 126˚51'00" W side of Watson I, N of N Broughton I). Alexander Watson (1831–92), from Scotland, came to Victoria in 1859 as a cashier for the Bank of BNA. In 1863 he married Jessie McKenzie (1844–82), second daughter of Kenneth McKenzie, manager of the HBC’s...

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