Vancouver (steamboat)

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

History
Builder	Hudson's Bay Company
General characteristics
Tons burthen	324 tons
Crew	24

Vancouver was 324 tons burthen, and had six guns and a crew of 24 men.^[3]

See also

• List of ships in British Columbia

References

1. "British Columbia: From the earliest times to the present, Vol. I, E.O.S. Scholefield & F.W. Howay, p. 477". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
2. History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time, Alexander Begg, publ. William Briggs, Toronto, 1894], p. 139
3. History of British Columbia from its earliest discovery to the present time, Alexander Begg, publ. William Briggs, Toronto, 1894], p. 139