Burrard Inlet

Burrard Inlet (49˚18'00" 123˚12'00" Just N of Vancouver). Capt George Vancouver explored the inlet in 1792 and named it Burrard’s Channel after his friend Capt Sir Harry Burrard (1765–1840), who had served with him as a lt on HMS Europa in the W Indies in 1785. Burrard, who took the surname Burrard-Neale after his 1794 marriage to Grace Neale, had an important naval career, becoming cdr-in-chief on the Mediterranean Station, 1823–26, and a full adm in 1830. He was also a British MP for...

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