Collingwood Channel


Collingwood Channel (49˚23'00" 123˚25'00" Entrance of Howe Sd, between Bowen I and Keats I, NW of Vancouver), Collingwood Point (50˚32'00" 126˚00'00" N side of Port Neville, N side of Johnstone Str). Capt Cuthbert Collingwood (1750–1810) of HMS Barfleur was present at Adm Lord Howe’s 1794 victory over a French fleet in the English Channel, known as the Glorious First of June. He also participated at the Battle of St Vincent as cdr of HMS Excellent. By 1805 he was a vice adm and...

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