Europa Passage


Europa Passage (51˚01'00" 127˚43'00" S of Storm Is, Queen Charlotte Sd), Europa Point (53˚26'00" 128˚32'00" N side of Europa Reach), Europa Reach (53˚27'00" 128˚24'00" Between Alan Reach and Barrie Reach, Gardner Canal, SE of Kitimat). From 1784 to 1789, George Vancouver was a lt aboard the 50-gun HMS Europa, which spent most of this period on the W Indies Station, where it was the flagship of Commodore Alan Gardner, 1786–89. Many of the officers Vancouver later chose for his PNW...

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