Daedalus Passage

Daedalus Passage (50˚44'00" 127˚24'00" W side of Beaver Hbr, just E of Port Hardy, NE end of Vancouver I). HMS Daedalus was launched in 1826 as a 46-gun, 1,312-tonne frigate but was rebuilt in 1843 and reduced to 20 guns. It served on the Pacific Station in 1850–51 under Capt George Wellesley. In 1850 the vessel took Vancouver I gov Richard Blanshard to Fort Rupert on N Vancouver I to investigate the murder of three HBC deserters by members of the Nahwitti First Nation. When the suspects...

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