Walbran retired from the sea in 1904 and settled in Victoria, devoting himself to his hobby, tracing the origins of British Columbia’s maritime toponymy. The next year he joined the federal government’s Marine service and brought out from Scotland its steamship Quadra, which he commanded until 1903, performing a number of services, chiefly concerning lighthouses, buoys, and fisheries on the west coast, but also including hydrographic research, the transport of police to deal with native troubles, and passage for Governor General Lord Minto on a cruise to Alaska. Remaining in the service of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, he assumed command of the Danube in 1890. Aboard it, he arrived in Victoria on 9 December. In 1888 he became chief officer on the steamship Islander being outfitted in Scotland. After a three years’ apprenticeship under sail, he received his second mate’s certificate in 1867 and his master’s papers on 2 June 1881. John T. Walbran was educated at Ripon Grammar School, until at the age of 14 he became a cadet on the school frigate Conway, where he was trained for service in the British mercantile marine. 9 May 1871 Anne Mary Walbran in Baldersby, England, and they had two daughters d. 31 March 1913 in Victoria. 23 March 1848 in Ripon, England, son of Christopher James Walbran, an iron merchant, and Sarah Horsfall m.
WALBRAN, JOHN THOMAS, master mariner and toponymist b.
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