Commodore Point

Commodore Point (48˚25'00" 123˚14'00" S point of Discovery I, off Oak Bay and SE tip of Vancouver I). The 1,071-tonne, 65-m sidewheeler Commodore was built at NY in 1851 and ran on the San Francisco–Portland route. In 1859, during the Fraser R gold rush, it ferried thousands of miners from Victoria to Ft Hope. Purchased by the California Steam Navigation Co and renamed Brother Jonathan, the steamer ran between San Francisco and Portland, Puget Sd and Victoria until 1865, when it struck a...

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