Haro Strait

Haro Strait (48˚35'00" 123˚19'00" Forms the BC-Washington boundary E of SE Vancouver I). Spanish naval officer Manuel Quimper, the first European to see these waters, named this strait in 1790 after his 1st officer, Gonzales López de Haro. López de Haro was no stranger to the PNW. He and Lt Estéban Martínez, in the San Carlos and Princesa, respectively, had led an expedition to Alaska in 1788 and noted increased British and Russian activity in the region. Their report strengthened Spanish...

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