Place names of the Pacific Northwest Coast origins, histories and anecdotes in bibliographic form about the coast of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon


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An alphabetical listing of place names, including anecdotes about their discoverers and stories about their ships

Author(s): Lynn Middleton
Document: Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 1969
Physical Description: [10], 226 pages : illustrations, maps (on lin ing papers) ; 27 cm
Genre: Reference works
Contents:

Illustrations: Explanation of the quad. [quadrilateral] marking system Algerine Island Schooner Helen ashore at Alki Point Anthony Island totem pole expedition, 1957 Ballenas Light Station, built in 1900 The wreck of the Beaver H.M.S Boxer at anchor in Esquimalt Harbour The San Pedro on Brotchie Ledge H.M.S. Chatham, built in 1778 H.M. Screw Corvette Clio The Columbia H.M.S. Constance, built in 1846 Captain James Cook H.M.S. Resolution (Cook's ship), built in 1771 H.M.S. Cormorant at Esquimalt Drydock, built in 1877 Salvage steamer Salvor (the former Danube) H.M.S. Discovery (Vancouver's ship), built in 1776 The brig Fantome H.M.S. Ganges, taken at Falmouth or Devonport about 1910 Steamship Grappler Captain Robert Gray H.M.S. Hecate, 1881 H.M.S. Icarus H.M.S. Imperieuse leaving Esquimalt for Cocos Island, 1897 Bow of the steamship Indravelli on Kellet Bluff Hudson's Bay Company's steamship Labouchere Admiral Richard Charles Mayne Captain John Meares Sutil and Mexicana Tablet affixed to the monument at the entrance to Nootka Sound H.H. Jones The Hudson's Bay ... Otter Captain Daniel Pender as a lieutenant [with Bedlington terrier] H.M.S. Plover H.M.S. Plumper Admiral James Prevost Canadian government steamer, Quadra Quadra after collision with Charmer Sandheads [first lightship on the Pacific coast] H.M.S. Shearwater, built for China waters H.M. gunboat Sparrowhawk Plumper, Alert, Termagant in Active Pass Tofino lightboat H.M. frigate Tribune on the Station, 1855-1860 and 1862-66 H.M.S. Foudroyant H.M.S. Triumph Ucluelet lifeboat Umatilla lightship Captain George Vancouver H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, H.M.S. Virago Captain John T. Walgran H.M.S. Warsprite in graving dock at Esquimalt Zeballos wharf. Maps: Index to Canadian Hydrographic Service charts of the southern British Columbia Coast, including Vancouver Island Coast of N.W. [northwest] America Index to Canadian Hydrographic Service charts of the northern British Columbia Coast, including Queen Charlotte Islands

Subjects:

British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Names, Geographical, Names, Geographical, Names, Geographical British Columbia, Names, Geographical Oregon, Names, Geographical Washington (State), Noms géographiques Colombie-Britannique, Noms géographiques Oregon, Noms géographiques Washington (État), Oregon, Ouvrages de référence, Reference works,

 

Circulation

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Collection Resource Available Edition Published Publisher
The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library Book Hardcover 1st Edition 1969 Elldee Publishing Company, Victoria B.C.

 

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