Puget Bluff


Puget Bluff (50˚09'00" 125˚21'00" W side of Quadra I, Seymour Narrows, NW of Campbell R), Puget Cove (48˚26'00" 123˚15'00" E side of Chatham I, SW side of Haro Str, just E of Oak Bay and Victoria). Peter Puget (1765–1822) was 2nd lt aboard HMS Discovery at the beginning of Capt George Vancouver’s historic voyage of exploration to the PNW. He joined the RN as a capt’s servant in 1778 and met Vancouver in 1783 when assigned to HMS Europa in the W Indies. Puget was appointed 1st lt of...

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