Vancouver (steamboat) explained
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Vancouver was a
barque (a kind of sailing ship) built and operated by the
Hudson's Bay Company to serve on the route between London, England and
Fort Victoria on
Vancouver Island in what is now the
province of
British Columbia,
Canada. Other vessels committed to the route were
Columbia and
Cowlitz, but
Vancouver was the first of the three to enter Victoria harbour, and the first vessel to sail directly from England to enter that port, in 1845.
[1] Other vessels in the company's service were
Nereid and
Cadboro.
[2] Vancouver was 324 tons burthen, and had six guns and a crew of 24 men.[3]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: British Columbia: From the earliest times to the present, Vol. I, E.O.S. Scholefield & F.W. Howay, p. 477 . 24 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110527180448/http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3620632 . 27 May 2011 . dead .
- http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=491223 History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time
- http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=491223 History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time