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Research regarding the Lihou name: Lihou, Lihou Reef and Cays, Port Lihou.

Cap Lihou (France)

Cap Lihou, Granville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.

X: -178600m Y: 6215000m

Lat: 48:50:12N (48.8368) Lon: 1:36:17W (-1.6049)

The Benedictine priory on Lihou was under the control of the abbey on Mont Saint Michel.

Lihou island (Canada)

Lihou island - Englefield Bay Islands, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Latitude. 52.999472402°, Longitude. -132.420117874°

Lihou island can be found in Englefield Bay which is situated on the northwest coast of Moresby Island, at the mouths of Moore and Inskip channels. Lihou is the largest of the islands in the bay (75 ha). It is forested with a mix of Sitka spruce, western hemlock and western red cedar. The island is rugged and precipitous, bound by cliffs and deeply dissected by gorges and crevices that effectively divides the island into segments. (info. from www.cec.org)

"Lihou Reef and Cays were discovered by Lieutenant John Lihou R.N., on 23rd February, 1823.

Lihou, then Master of the merchant ship ZENOBIA, was on passage from Manila to South America and had chosen a route through Torres Strait. This was the first occasion a ship was navigated through Torres Strait from west to east. It was also the first occasion a ship was navigated through the Coral Sea from Torres Strait, south-eastward to the south- ward of New Caledonia.

The ZENOBIA entered Endeavour Strait in January, 1823, and discovered a shallow port on the south coast of Prince of Wales Island, subsequently named Port Lihou. After a hazardous passage through the reef the ship departed the Great Barrier Reef via an opening near Murray Islands. On 23rd February, Lihou Reefs were sighted and on the 27th of that month, other reefs were discovered and these Lihou named Sir James Saumarez Shoals (now Reef), after the naval officer famous in Guernsey history.

The voyage of the ZENOBIA is therefore noteworthy in the history of Australia."

Source: Hydrographic Service - Royal Australian Navy. (M.A. BOLGER. Lieutenant Commander RAN for DIRECTOR HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. 19 July 1985)