Courageux Point

Courageux Point (53˚22'00" 128˚03'00" E entrance to Chief Mathews Bay, Gardner Canal, S of Kitimat). In 1790, George Vancouver was a lt on the 74-gun HMS Courageux, flagship of Rear Adm Alan Gardner, his friend and mentor. Earlier, from 1784 to 1789, he had been a lt on HMS Europa, another of Gardner’s flagships. Vancouver named Gardner Canal in his comrade’s honour in 1793; in 1907, Capt Frederick Learmonth, aboard HMS Egeria, added other names associated with Gardner, including this...

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