Port San Juan

Port San Juan (48˚33'00" 124˚27'00" SW side of Vancouver I, NW side of Juan de Fuca Str), San Juan Point (48˚32'00" 124˚27'00" E entrance to Port San Juan). In 1789, Spanish explorer José Maria Narváez was sent from Nootka Sd by Estéban Martínez to make a brief examination of the entrance to Juan de Fuca Str. He apparently visited Port San Juan on the feast day of John the Baptist (June 24). The following year, when Manuel Quimper made the first European exploration of Juan de Fuca Str,...

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