Ernest Beaumont dating history

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Captain Ernest Godfrey Beaumont (1876–1967) was al ong-term resident of Discovery Island, British Columbia, Canada, who was sometimes called the "King of the Island". In 1918, Beaumont bought 160 acres (0.65 km) of land on the island. He and his wife built a house designed by Francis Rattenbury, who designed the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, near the centre of the island. He had a 40-foot (12 m) yacht named the Discovery Isle which he had had built in Hong Kong in 1930, and which he would use to go to and from the island. Beaumont used to say "I know where all the rocks are. I bumped into all of them and once in a while I bump into them again to remind myself of their presence". The Discovery Isle met its end on December 5, 1950, when it struck a rock in Enterprise Channel. Beaumont had to abandon ship and barely managed to make it ashore.