Biography
He arrived as Second Mate at Victoria in 1845 in the HBC brigantine Mary Dare.
In 1848 he piloted the HBC vessels at the Columbia River Bar.
In 1853 he sailed the Mary Dare back to England and returned in 1854 as the master of the Marquis of Bute, later becoming captain of the Otter.
He took command of the Labouchere a short time before she was wrecked in San Francisco in 1866.
In 1866 he became master of the steamer Marten on Kamloops Lake and after a year took charge of the HBC post at Fort Rupert.
He died while en route from Knight Inlet to Fort Rupert BC.
Named Features
Mouat Point (BC), Mouat Reef (BC), Mouat Rock (BC), Mouat Channel (BC), Mouat Islets (BC)
References
- Bawlf, Mary (1973)
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Lugrin, N. deB. (1928)
- BCELP Geographical Place Names Cards Correspondence To/From BC Chief Geographer
- Gazetteer of Canada: British Columbia 2nd ed. (1966)
- Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967)
