travel time of 6–8 hours for fit hikers. Every year an increasing number of hikers are injured, lost or caught out in the dark while hiking in this area, increasing demand on Lions Bay Search and Rescue in cooperation with the Provincial Emergency Program. Geographic names around Lions Bay In 1792, Capt. Vancouver named Howe Sound for Adm. Richard Howe, and Anvil Island for its shape. In 1857-1861, Capt. Richards of the survey sloop HMS Plumper named many features in Howe Sound after the ships and officers of Howe's 1 June 1794 naval battle ("The Glorious First") against the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary wars: Mt. Harvey, Harvey Creek, Mt. Brunswick and Brunswick Beach for Capt. John Harvey of HMS Brunswick Gambier Island for Capt. James Gambier, and the Defense Islands for his ship, HMS Defence Bowyer Island for Adm. George Bowyer, whose flagship was HMS Barfleur under Capt. Cuthbert Collingwood, commemorated in Barfleur Passage between Keats and Pasely Islands, and Collingwood Channel, between Keats and Bowen Islands. Captain Sir Richard Goodwin Keats was not present at the Glorious First, but a well known Royal Navy officer of the day. Bowen Island for James Bowen, master of HMS Queen Charlotte, and Pasely Island for Rear-Admiral Thomas Pasley on HMS Bellerophon. Alberta Bay, Alberta Creek: perhaps after the province, which was named for a daughter of Queen Victoria. Kelvin Grove, a mid-1980s developer name, ultimately from Glasgow's Kelvin river. References External links Villages in British Columbia Sea-to-Sky Corridor