Funter Island

Funter Island (49˚42'00" 126˚38'00" In Kendrick Inlet, between Strange I and Nootka I, W side of Vancouver I), Funter Point (52˚18'00" 131˚13'00" S side of Skincuttle Inlet, SE Moresby I, QCI). Robert Funter was 2nd mate of the Felice Adventurer in 1788, under John Meares, and visited the PNW that summer to establish a fur-trading post at Nootka Sd and build the North West America, the first European vessel constructed on the BC coast. Funter was put in command of this 40-tonne schooner and...

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