Una Point

Una Point (52˚57'00" 132˚11'00" SW side of Mitchell Inlet, Kuper Inlet, NW side of Moresby I, QCI). The 170-tonne brigantine Una, built at NB in 1849, arrived in the PNW in 1850 to serve as a coastal trading vessel for the HBC. It was a major participant in BC’s earliest gold rush. In 1851, after the presence of the precious metal had been reported at Mitchell Inlet in the QCI (or Gold Hbr, as the area was unofficially known), Capt William Mitchell and HBC chief factor John Work visited the...

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