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Wishart Peninsula
The Wishart Peninsula is a peninsula on the Coast of British Columbia, located east of Broughton Island to the south of Wakeman Sound. Name origin The peninsula and Wishart Island (British Columbia) in the Deserters Group are named for a James Wishart, who was one of the crew of the HBC vessel ''Norman Morrison'' who deserted that vessel and were killed on the Deserters Group islands by natives sent out to find and capture them. See also *Wishart Island Qaiqsuarjuk ( Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᖃᐃᖅᓱᐊᕐᔪᒃ'') formerly Wishart Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait, and a member of the ... * Wishart (other) References Peninsulas of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents. The size of a peninsula can range from tiny to very large. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Peninsulas form due to a variety of causes. Etymology Peninsula derives , which is translated as 'peninsula'. itself was derived , or together, 'almost an island'. The word entered English in the 16th century. Definitions A peninsula is usually defined as a piece of land surrounded on most, but not all sides, but is sometimes instead defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. A peninsula may be bordered by more than one body of water, and the body of water does not have to be an ocean or a sea. A piece of land on a very tight river bend or one between two rivers is sometimes s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia Coast
, settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British Columbia , parts_type = Principal cities , p1 = Vancouver , p2 = Surrey , p3 = Burnaby , p4 = Richmond , p5 = Abbotsford , p6 = Coquitlam , p7 = Delta , p8 = Nanaimo , p9 = Victoria , p10 = Chilliwack , p11 = Maple Ridge , p12 = New Westminster , p13 = Port Coquitlam , p14 = North Vancouver , area_blank1_title = 15 Districts , area_blank1_km2 = 244,778 , area_footnotes = , elevation_max_m = 4019 , elevation_min_m = 0 , elevation_max_footnotes = Mt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughton Island (British Columbia)
Broughton Island is an island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, northwest of Gilford Island. Broughton Lagoon is a shallow inlet on its north side, at To the north is North Broughton Island. Name origin Broughton Island and the Broughton Archipelago, and Broughton Strait nearby, were all named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, for Commander William Robert Broughton, captain of during his first tenure in British Columbia, and thereafter upon his return to the British Columbia Coast, of . , Vancouver's ship, and HMS ''Chatham'' under Broughton were anchored off the south shore of this island on July 28, 1792.''British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history'', Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909 See also * Broughton (other) * Broughton Island (other) Broughton Island may refer to: * Broughton Island (New South Wales) * Broughton Island, Western Australia *Broughton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakeman Sound
Wakeman Sound is a sound on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located in the area north of the Broughton Archipelago, which lies on the north side of Queen Charlotte Strait, on the northeast side of Broughton Island. It is a sidewater opening of and opening north off Kingcome Inlet. It is the traditional home of the Haxwa'mis, who are a part of the Kwakwakaʼwakw. The Haxwa'mis people amalgamated with the Kwikwasut'inuxw and are known as the Ḵwiḵwa̱sut'inux̱w Ha̱xwa'mis First Nation. Indian reserves and villages Alalco Indian Reserve No. 8 is at the mouth of the Wakeman River into Wakeman Sound, on its west shore (), which is on the site of Okwialis, a former village of the Haxwa'mis, also spelled ''huxwiay'lis'' and ''Atlalko'' ( ). To the south, on the shore of Wakeman Sound, is Dug-da-myse Indian Reserve No. 12, (), and to the south of that is another Indian reserve, Kyidagwis Indian Reserve No. 2 (). Surrounding terrain Mount Benedict is located on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishart Island (British Columbia)
Wishart Island is a small islet in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located in the Deserters Group to the west of Deserters Island. Both it and the Wishart Peninsula on Broughton Island are named for a James Wishart, who was one of the crew of the HBC vessel ''Norman Morrison'' who deserted that vessel and were killed on these islands by natives sent out to find and capture them. See also *Wishart Peninsula The Wishart Peninsula is a peninsula on the Coast of British Columbia, located east of Broughton Island to the south of Wakeman Sound. Name origin The peninsula and Wishart Island (British Columbia) in the Deserters Group are named for a James Wi ... * Wishart (other) References Central Coast of British Columbia Islands of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCentralCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deserters Group
The Deserters Group is a small group of islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island to the north of Port Hardy. Deserters Island is one of the islands in the group, another is Wishart Island. Name origin The name refers to a group of eight men who had been crew on the ''Norman Morrison, a Hudson's Bay Company vessel, who deserted the vessel while it was moored in Suquash Harbour, upon hearing news of gold in the Cariboo. Two stories relate their demise at the hands of local natives, one saying that the natives had mis-interpreted the ship's captain's offer to pay money per head, which was taken literally and so the men were killed rather than taken captive and returned to the ship. Another says that HBC representatives at Fort Rupert had instigated the murders by offering a dead-or-alive reward, though Governor Blanshard in his report to London about the incident said the inci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business division is Hudson's Bay, commonly referred to as The Bay ( in French). After incorporation by English royal charter in 1670, the company functioned as the ''de facto'' government in parts of North America for nearly 200 years until the HBC sold the land it owned (the entire Hudson Bay drainage basin, known as Rupert's Land) to Canada in 1869 as part of the Deed of Surrender, authorized by the Rupert's Land Act 1868. At its peak, the company controlled the fur trade throughout much of the English- and later British-controlled North America. By the mid-19th century, the company evolved into a mercantile business selling a wide variety of products from furs to fine homeware in a small number of sales shops (as opposed to trading posts) acros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Morrison (ship)
Norman R. Morrison (December 29, 1933 – November 2, 1965) was an American anti-war activist. On November 2, 1965, Morrison doused himself in kerosene and set himself on fire below the office of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon, to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War. This action may have been taken after Thích Quảng Đức and other Buddhist monks, who burned themselves to death to protest the repression committed by the South Vietnam government of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem. Background Morrison was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and was raised Presbyterian. At 13, his family moved to Chautauqua, New York, where Morrison joined the Boy Scouts of America and entered the God and Country Program, becoming the youngest BSA member in Chautauqua County to earn a God and Country award. Morrison graduated from the College of Wooster in 1956. He had gained an interest in the Quakers and their ideals, but continued to attend Presbyterian semi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishart (other)
Wishart may refer to: People Surname * Adam Wishart (b. 1969), British documentary filmmaker * Arthur Wishart (1903–1986), Canadian politician * Betty Rose Wishart (born 1947), American composer and pianist * Bobby Wishart (1933–2020), Scottish footballer * Bridget Wishart (b. 1962), English vocalist, musician, and performance artist * Charles F. Wishart (1870–1960), American Presbyterian clergyman * Craig Wishart (b. 1974), Zimbabwean cricketer * Eunice Wishart (1898–1982), Canadian politician in Ontario * Felicity Wishart (1965–2015), Australian conservationist and environmental activist * Fraser Wishart (b. 1965), Scottish footballer (soccer player) and commentator * George Wishart (c. 1513–1546), Scottish religious reformer and Protestant martyr * Gordon Wishart (b. 1960), British surgeon * Hugh Wishart (fl. 1793-1824), American silversmith * Ian Wishart (other), various people * James Wishart (1659–1723), British admiral and politician * Jock Wisha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsulas Of British Columbia
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents. The size of a peninsula can range from tiny to very large. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Peninsulas form due to a variety of causes. Etymology Peninsula derives , which is translated as 'peninsula'. itself was derived , or together, 'almost an island'. The word entered English in the 16th century. Definitions A peninsula is usually defined as a piece of land surrounded on most, but not all sides, but is sometimes instead defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. A peninsula may be bordered by more than one body of water, and the body of water does not have to be an ocean or a sea. A piece of land on a very tight river bend or one between two rivers is sometimes s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
