Discovery Island

Discovery Island (48˚25'00" 123˚14'00" Off Oak Bay, just E of Victoria), Discovery Passage (50˚10'00" 125˚21'00" Between Vancouver I and Quadra I, from Str of Georgia to Johnstone Str). HMS Discovery was the ship that took Capt George Vancouver on his journey of exploration to the PNW in 1791–95. The 303-tonne, 29-m sloop carried 10 four-pound guns, 10 swivel guns and a crew of 100, and was named after one of Capt James Cook’s vessels (see Discovery Point). It was built in 1789 in SE...

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