Port Essington

Port Essington (54˚09'00" 129˚58'00" W side of mouth of the Ecstall R, S side of mouth of the Skeena R, SE of Prince Rupert). Capt George Vancouver gave the name Port Essington to the mouth of the Skeena, not realizing that it was the estuary of a major river. Later, the name became associated solely with the pioneer community founded on the S side of the river mouth by trader Robert Cunningham in 1871. (It seems strange that Vancouver failed to recognize the Fraser, Skeena and Nass as major...

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