Cadboro

CADBORO was the first sailing vessel brought to the coast by the HBC to conduct trading and supply voyages under the command of Lt Aemilius SIMPSON. It arrived at Fort Vancouver on the COLUMBIA R in 1827, just in time to transport a party to establish FORT LANGLEY on the FRASER R. It also assisted at the founding of Fort Nass in 1831. It was a 2-masted schooner weighing 63 tonnes, with a crew of up to 35. The HBC sold it in 1860 to new owners, who used it to haul COAL and lumber until it was...

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