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Pearse Island
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Pearse Island
Pearse Island
is an
island
in western
British Columbia
,
Canada
, in the
Portland Inlet
, an inlet of the
Pacific Ocean
. The island was first charted in 1793 by
George Vancouver
during his
1791-95 expedition
. It was named by
George Henry Richards
, captain of
HMS Plumper
, circa 1860, in honor of William Alfred Rombulow Pearse of the
Royal Navy
, who had been commander of
HMS Alert
.
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