Captain George Vancouver

Columbia Street

Captain George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver Monument Plaza 1792 Discovery

3 Markers: Excerpt: “George Vancouver, from King’s Lynn, England, at age 35 and with orders from the British Admiralty to explore and chart the West Coast of America, charted hundreds of miles of coast line from California to Alaska.” Columbia St near 3rd St - 100 Columbia hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8515

Boat of Discovery

Excerpt: “…The real story of George Vancouver and other explorers of the Pacific Northwest is not in one great voyage. It is in the hundreds of lesser voyages made by the small boats, thoroughness and unfailing courage with which these tasks were carried out through the long years of exploration of the Great River of the West, the Columbia River.”

Columbia Street near 3rd St - 100 Columbia St hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8516

Captain George Vancouver Monument

Excerpt: October 31, 1792 - Lt. William Broughton Named This Area For His Captain

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