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Apr 12, 2024 · George Vancouver (born June 22, 1757, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England—died May 10, 1798, Richmond, Surrey) was an English navigator who, with great precision, completed one of the most difficult surveys ever undertaken, that of the Pacific coast of North America, from the vicinity of San Francisco northward to present-day British Columbia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The Vancouver located south of Seattle is actually quite a bit older than its famous namesake to the north, originally named Fort Vancouver in 1824. Vancouver, B.C., tried to make a go of it as “Granville” for a few years, finally incorporating as Vancouver in 1886. More history lessons, as well as stimulating hikes and drives, fine ...
1 day ago · It was incorporated as a city in April 1886 (just before it became the western terminus of the first trans-Canada railway, the Canadian Pacific) and was renamed to honour the English navigator George Vancouver, of the Royal Navy, who had explored and surveyed the coast in 1792. A disastrous fire just two months after incorporation destroyed the ...
3 days ago · In 1791, British naval officer George Vancouver claimed the area for the British Crown naming King George the Third’s Sound and Princess Royal Harbour. Informed by Vancouver’s charts and journal, British navigator Matthew Flinders resurveyed the coastline in 1802.
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1 day ago · The explorations of James Cook in 1778 and George Vancouver in 1792 and 1793 established British jurisdiction over the coastal area north and west of the Columbia River. In 1793, Sir Alexander Mackenzie was the first European to journey across North America overland to the Pacific Ocean, inscribing a stone marking his accomplishment on the ...
6 days ago · First discovered by Captain James Cook (1778), the island was surveyed in 1792 by George Vancouver and was held by the Hudson’s Bay Company until it was made a British crown colony in 1849. In 1866 it was united with the mainland colony of British Columbia, which entered (in 1871) the Dominion of Canada as a province, with Victoria , the ...
3 days ago · Prince George is a city in British Columbia, Canada, with a city population of 76,708 and a metro census agglomeration population of 89,490. It is often called the province's "northern capital". It is situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers.
