The Cracroft post office and accompanying settlement was originally listed as being at the head of Port Harvey, at 50°34′10″N126°16′20″W / 50.56944°N 126.27222°W / 50.56944; -126.27222 (Cracroft (old PO)) at the head of Port Harvey, but moved about 1/2 mile east prior to 1928, with the post office having opened in 1905. It was relocated to Forward Bay in 1951, with the post office closing later that same year. In 1961, there were 2 people residing at the original location of the Cracroft Bay Post Office, with 4 living there in 1976.
Name origin
The Cracroft Islands were named in 1861 by Captain Richards of HMS Plumper for Sophia Cracroft, the niece of Sir John Franklin, the explorer. She accompanied Lady Jane Franklin on her round-the-world voyage, which brought them to British Columbia during the Fraser Gold Rush of 1858. They remained in British Columbia and explored its coast in 1861 before returning to England. Other features named for her in this area are the Sophia Islets off the southwest side of the island, and Cracroft Point, with the nearby Franklin Range across Johnstone Strait on Vancouver Island being named for Sir John and Lady Franklin.[2]
cracroft, british, columbia, cracroft, locality, east, forward, south, side, west, cracroft, island, johnstone, strait, region, central, coast, british, columbia, canada, cracroft, post, office, accompanying, settlement, originally, listed, being, head, port, . Cracroft is a locality at the east end of Forward Bay on the south side of West Cracroft Island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia Canada 1 The Cracroft post office and accompanying settlement was originally listed as being at the head of Port Harvey at 50 34 10 N 126 16 20 W 50 56944 N 126 27222 W 50 56944 126 27222 Cracroft old PO at the head of Port Harvey but moved about 1 2 mile east prior to 1928 with the post office having opened in 1905 It was relocated to Forward Bay in 1951 with the post office closing later that same year In 1961 there were 2 people residing at the original location of the Cracroft Bay Post Office with 4 living there in 1976 Name origin EditThe Cracroft Islands were named in 1861 by Captain Richards of HMS Plumper for Sophia Cracroft the niece of Sir John Franklin the explorer She accompanied Lady Jane Franklin on her round the world voyage which brought them to British Columbia during the Fraser Gold Rush of 1858 They remained in British Columbia and explored its coast in 1861 before returning to England Other features named for her in this area are the Sophia Islets off the southwest side of the island and Cracroft Point with the nearby Franklin Range across Johnstone Strait on Vancouver Island being named for Sir John and Lady Franklin 2 References Edit BC Names GeoBC entry Cracroft locality BC Names GeoBC entry Cracroft Islands Coordinates 50 31 35 N 126 22 50 W 50 52639 N 126 38056 W 50 52639 126 38056 Cracroft locality This article about a location on the Coast of British Columbia Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cracroft British Columbia amp oldid 1008499814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
