Dryad Point

Dryad Point (52˚11'07" 128˚06'43" NE side of Campbell I, NE of Bella Bella). The HBC brigs Dryad and Lama brought building materials and stores to Campbell I in 1833 from Ft Vancouver on the Columbia R. Their purpose was to construct and stock a new trading post, Ft McLoughlin, which was located just S of present-day Bella Bella until 1843. The 185-tonne Dryad was built on the Isle of Wight in 1825 and chartered, then purchased, by the HBC. Its master in 1825, Capt James Davidson, was...

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