Observatory Inlet

Observatory Inlet (55˚15'00" 129˚49'00" N extension of Portland Inlet, N of Prince Rupert). Capt George Vancouver named this body of water in 1793 because he stopped here to check the accuracy of his chronometers and to measure longitude and latitude. HMS Discovery and Chatham spent almost a month at Salmon Cove on the W side of the inlet, the site of Vancouver’s “observatory,” in July and Aug, during a period of fine weather, and Joseph Whidbey, master of the Discovery, made many...

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