San Carlos Point

San Carlos Point (49˚41'00" 126˚31'00" N tip of Bligh I, Nootka Sd, W side of Vancouver I). The 16-gun, 175-tonne Spanish naval supply ship San Carlos was present at many pivotal events in the early exploration of the Pacific coast. It was built in 1767 on the Santiago R, near the newly established naval shipyard and port of San Blas in Mexico. In 1775, under Manuel Manrique and, later, Juan Manuel de Ayala, it was sent to chart San Francisco Bay. In 1788, Gonzales López de Haro took the...

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