Biografía
He was an AB in the HBC brig Dryad in 1831.
He was Second Mate in the Naval Department of the HBC in 1832.
He returned to the UK 1833.
He commanded HBC brig Cadboro 1835-38. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) Commanded the bark Nereid 1839.
He commanded the Albion which carried cargoes of timber, and grounded on Buoy rock off Victoria Harbour - the rock was renamed in his honour. Brotchie made two trips to Knight Inlet for cargoes of ice which he carried to San Francisco. The Albion was the subject of a US Customs seizure at Dungeness but the vessel was released with only a warning.
She as seized and confiscated at Dungeness WT while taking out and shipping a cargo of spars without a licence from the US Government.
In 1849 he obtained a licence from the Admiralty and a seperate licence from the HBC.
He cut spars at Fort Rupert until 1855, a business failure due to the lack of market for the massive spars.
He was appointed by Governor Douglas as Harbour Master for Victoria in 1858.
Lugares nombrados
Brotchie Ledge (BC) (1849 by officers of HBC))
Referencias
Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
