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For the purposes of consistency, we have used Vancouver Island (rather than its earlier form Vancouver’s Island) and Esquimalt (which was sometimes spelled Esquimault) throughout.

In the 1850s, £1 was the equivalent of $5. Monetary sums throughout the book are given in the values of the gold rush era when, generally speaking, one ounce of gold sold for US$17.50. This is a far cry from today’s price of more than US$350.