Captain E.G. Beaumont

Captain E.G. Beaumont

In 1918 Captain Ernest Godfrey Beaumont AKA king of the island bought 160 acres of the Discovery Island . Captain Beaumont and his wife built a house near the centre of the island. He had a 40 foot yacht named the Dscovery Isle which he had had built in Hong Kong in 1930 which he would use to go to and from the island. Beaumont used to say "I know where all the rocks are. I bumped into all of them and once in a while I bump into them again to remind myself of their presence" the Dscovery Isle met its end on December 5, 1950 when it struck a rock in enterprise channel Beaumont had to abandon ship and barely managed to make it ashore. Captain Beaumont and his wife built a house near the centre of the island. He had a 40 foot yacht named the Dscovery Isle which he had had built in Hong Kong in 1930 which he would use to go to and from the island. Beaumont used to say "I know where all the rocks are. I bumped into all of them and once in a while I bump into them again to remind myself of their presence" the Dscovery Isle met its end on December 5, 1950 when it struck a rock in enterprise channel Beaumont had to abandon ship and barely managed to make it ashore.In 1967 after spending 50 years on the island Captain Beaumont died at the age of 92. Beaumont was always inviting Scouts, cadats and all kinds of youth to the island and always loved it he claimed to have hosted 20,000 over his lifetime on the island. He keep fit into his 90’s and used to row around discovery Island and the Chatham Islands as well as to the Victoria Yacht Club. In his will he gave the island to the Province of British Columbia to be used as a Park. There are two plaques on the island one from the Scouts and one from the Province of British Columbia thanking him for the gift. They are located on the west side of Rudlin Bay. And Finally on July 27, 1972 the southern part of the island was established as the Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park.

References

*This article contains text copied from [http://www.discoveryisland.ca/ discoveryisland.ca] , a source [http://www.discoveryisland.ca/wikipediapermission.htm released] under the licensing terms of GFDL

External links

* [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/discovery_is/ Discovery Island - BC Parks]

ee also

*Discovery Island (British Columbia)
*Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park
*Discovery Island Lighthouse


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