Daphne Point

Daphne Point (50˚45'00" 127˚27'00" E entrance to Hardy Bay, Port Hardy, NE end of Vancouver I). HMS Daphne, an 18-gun corvette, was built at Pembroke in 1838 and sold in 1864; it was assigned to the Pacific Station on a number of occasions. In 1851, under Capt Edward Fanshawe, Daphne went to northern Vancouver I with colonial gov Richard Blanshard to continue investigations begun the previous year into the murders of three HBC deserters. Faced with resistance from the Nahwitti First Nation,...

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