Calendar of Events 1992 Present-June 28, Seattle, WA. "Indians of the Plains, Plateau, and Northwest Coast: Paintings by Bill Holm" exhibit at the Burke Museum, University of Washington. Contact: 206 543-5590. April 16, Port Townsend, WA. Launching of Jefferson County's replica of Captain George Vancouver's yawl, Townshend. Built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building and operated by the Wooden Boat Foundation. Contact: 206 385-0539.
Aboard replica longboats, participants can retrace the path of the first Spanish and British explorers in Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands in the Wake of the Explorers program this summer.For schedule and information contact the Discovery R eenactment Society, Whaler Bay, Galiano Island BC Canada VON 1P0;604 539-2923. 50°
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May 1-3, Vancouver, BC. "Great River of the West" conference on the Columbia Basin at the Red Lion at the Quay. Contact: Center for Columbia River History, 206 737-2044.
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May 11-November 30, Astoria, OR. Opening of"This Noble River" at Columbia River Maritime Museum. Contact: 503 325-2323. May 16-17, Anacortes, WA. "Wake of the Explorers" participate in Anacortes Waterfront Festival. Contact: 206 293-3832. May 21, Seattle, WA. Opening of permanent "Canoes of the Northwest Coast" exhibit at the Burke Museum, University of Washington. Contact: 206 543-5590. May 30-31, Bellingham, WA. "Wake of the Explorers" participate in the Bellingham Maritime Festival. Contact: Whatcom Maritime Historical Society, 206 647-5232. June-July, Nanaimo, BC. "The Eulachon: A Fish to Cure Humanity" from the University ofBritish Columbia, Museum of Anthropology. Exhibit deals with the theme of early maritime trade. Contact: 604 228-6031. June 20-21, Cathlamet, WA. Heritage Boat Display and Festival at Columbia River site passed by William Broughton in 1792. Contact: 206 795-8705 . June 21, Lummi Reservation, WA. Stornish canoe races, a celebration of the spirit of competition and the ancient canoe tradition. Contact: Lumrni Business Council, 206 734-8180. July 4-5, Seattle, WA. Lady Washington, flagship of the 1992 International Maritime Bicentennial, and Californian, on Year ofReDiscovery Voyage, on exhibit for the 17th Annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival at the Maritime Heritage Center. Contact: Center for Wooden Boats, 206 382-2628. August 8, Tacoma, WA. Opening of "Exploration and Cartography of the Northwest" exhibit at the Washington State Historical Society Museum. Contact: 206 593-2830. August 27-30, Vancouver, BC. Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival at Granville Island.
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May 9, Port Townsend, WA. Third Annual Pacific Challenge, including a gathering of ships, longboats and Native canoes. Contact: Wooden Boat Foundation, 206 385-3628. May 10, Port Hadlock, WA. Festival of Tsetsibus, the ancient traditional gathering
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May-September, Vancouver, BC. "Explorers and Natives in the Inside Passage" exhibit at the University of British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology. Contact: 604 822-5087.
May 7-9, Westport and Aberdeen, WA. Discovery Days reenactment by the Lady Washington of the first crossing of the bar into Grays Harbor by Robert Gray in 1792. Contact: Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, 206 532-8611
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April 23-26, Vancouver, BC. "Vancouver Conference on Exploration and Discovery" at Simon Fraser Univ. Contact: 604 291-4441.
May 1, Seattle, WA. Resolution, launched at Ga.s Works Park. Replica longboat will join Wake of the Explorers. Contact: 206 567-5111
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April 16-December, Vancouver, BC. "Vancouver's Mariners: Captain George Vancouver and the Charting of the Northwest Coast," exhibit at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Features a 28-foot replica section of HMS Discove1y. Contact: 604 737-2211.
place of the Native nations of Puget Sound: Canoe and longboat races, and cultural exhibits/games. Contact: 206 385-3628.
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Interior of Maquinna' s house at Tahsis , Nootka Sound. This sketch shows the chiefhimself, dressed in a large sea otter robe, performing a dance during the visitofBodegayQuadraandVancouver in the autumn of 1792 .
SEA HISTORY 61, SPRING 1992
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