Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted...
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American locations named after George Vancouver, who between 1791 and 1794 explored the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver Island is the world's 43rd largest...
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from George Vancouver, who explored the inner harbour of Burrard Inlet in 1792 and gave various places British names. The family name "Vancouver" itself...
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captain George Vancouver, but the U.S. city is older. Vancouver, British Columbia, was incorporated 29 years after the incorporation of Vancouver, Washington...
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A statue of George Vancouver by Italian-born artist Charles Marega stands outside the Vancouver City Hall, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The sculpture...
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The Vancouver Expedition (1791–1795) was a four-and-a-half-year voyage of exploration and diplomacy, commanded by Captain George Vancouver of the Royal...
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HMCS Vancouver. One was named for the explorer George Vancouver, the others after the city of Vancouver. Named for George Vancouver; HMCS Vancouver (F6A)...
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Northwest. Named for Captain George Vancouver, the fort was located on the northern bank of the Columbia River in present-day Vancouver, Washington. The fort...
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United States, after Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia. In 1792, George Vancouver gave the name "Puget's Sound" to the waters south of the Tacoma Narrows...
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St. George's School is an independent boarding and day university-preparatory school for boys in the Dunbar area of Vancouver, British Columbia. St. George's...
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Captain George Vancouver is a 2000 bronze sculpture depicting George Vancouver by Jim Demetro, installed in Vancouver, Washington, United States. The...
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West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District,...
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Look up Vancouver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vancouver is the most populous city in British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver may also refer to: Mount...
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Spanish Captain José María Narváez in 1791, and British naval Captain George Vancouver in 1792. The area was not settled by Europeans until almost a century...
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diplomat Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who surveyed the area in the late 18th century. The volcano is part...
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Vancouver Peninsula is a locality in Western Australia. It is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Albany on the other side of King George Sound. The only...
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The Vancouver School Board (VSB), officially the Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver), is a school district based in Vancouver, British...
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Empress Hotel. Atop the central dome is a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver. A statue of Queen Victoria stands on the front lawn as well the British...
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Furious George is an elite men's ultimate club team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1995, they were the open champions at the...
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Northwest Passage (redirect from Cook and Vancouver)
encountered nothing but icebergs. From 1792 to 1794, the Vancouver Expedition (led by George Vancouver who had previously accompanied Cook) surveyed in detail...
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the coast between Vancouver Island and Bucareli Bay, Alaska. Various Spanish maps, including Caamaño's, were given to George Vancouver in 1792, as the Spanish...
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William Robert Broughton (section Vancouver Expedition)
Chatham as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through the Pacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s. William...
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by Captain George Vancouver it was dotted with small fishing villages and was said to be a retreat for Hawaiian royalty. Captain Vancouver was not the...
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as Geswanouth Slahoot in North Vancouver, his English name was originally Dan Slaholt. The surname was changed to George when he entered a residential...
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current English name for the mountain, Mount Baker, was chosen by George Vancouver. Vancouver named the mountain for 3rd Lieutenant Joseph Baker of HMS Discovery...
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Rainier in the American state of Washington was named after him by George Vancouver. Rainier was born in Sandwich, Kent, England, on 24 November 1741....
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which was in turn named after the famous north-west explorer George Vancouver. Vancouver's was commissioned 11 May 1963 and served during the Vietnam War...
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787 ft). The mountain was named by William Healey Dall in 1874 after George Vancouver, who explored the southeast coast of Alaska from 1792 to 1794. 1949...
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Washington on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula, south of Vancouver, British Columbia. The area, which had a population of 1,191 at the 2020...
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The Captain George Vancouver Monument Plaza is a memorial plaza along Vancouver, Washington's Waterfront Park, in the United States. The plaza features...
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